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Since when is it a REPUBLICAN Supreme Court?

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Below is a table of current Supreme Court Justices. ("Conf. Vote" = Senate Confirmation Vote)
John Roberts (Chief Justice)
01955-01-27 January 27, 1955 (age &0000000000000053.00000053) in Buffalo, New York G.W. Bush 78-22 02005-09-29 September 29, 2005 Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (2003–2005); Private practice (1993–2003); Professor, Georgetown University Law Center (1992–2005); Principal Deputy Solicitor General (1989–1993); Private practice (1986–1989); Associate Counsel to the President (1982–1986); Special Assistant to the Attorney General (1981–1982)
John Paul Stevens
01920-04-20 April 20, 1920 (age &0000000000000088.00000088) in Chicago, Illinois Ford 98-0 01975-12-19 December 19, 1975 Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1970–1975); Private practice (1948–1970); Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School (1950–1954); Lecturer, Northwestern University School of Law (1954–1958)
Antonin Scalia
01936-03-11 March 11, 1936 (age &0000000000000072.00000072) in Trenton, New Jersey Reagan 98-0 01986-09-26 September 26, 1986 Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1982–1986); Professor, University of Chicago Law School (1977–1982); Assistant Attorney General (1974–1977); Professor, University of Virginia School of Law (1967–1974); Private practice (1961–1967)
Anthony Kennedy
01936-07-23 July 23, 1936 (age &0000000000000072.00000072) in Sacramento, California Reagan 97-0 01988-02-18 February 18, 1988 Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1975–1988); Professor, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (1965–1988); Private practice (1963–1975)
David Souter
01939-09-17 September 17, 1939 (age &0000000000000069.00000069) in Melrose, Massachusetts G.H.W. Bush 90-9 01990-10-09 October 09, 1990 Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1990–1990); Associate Justice, New Hampshire Supreme Court (1983–1990); Associate Justice, New Hampshire Superior Court (1978–1983); Attorney General of New Hampshire (1976–1978); Deputy Attorney General of New Hampshire (1971–1976); Assistant Attorney General of New Hampshire (1968–1971); Private practice (1966–1968).
Clarence Thomas
01948-06-23 June 23, 1948 (age &0000000000000060.00000060) in Pin Point, Georgia G.H.W. Bush 52-48 01991-10-23 October 23, 1991 Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1990–1991); Chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1982–1990); Legislative Assistant for Missouri Senator John Danforth (1979–1981); employed by Monsanto Inc. (1977– 1979); Assistant Attorney General of Missouri under State Attorney General John Danforth (1974–1977)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
01933-03-15 March 15, 1933 (age &0000000000000075.00000075) in Brooklyn, New York Clinton 97-3 01993-08-10 August 10, 1993 Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1980–1993); General Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union (1973–1980); Professor, Columbia Law School (1972–1980); Professor, Rutgers University School of Law (1963–1972)
Stephen Breyer
01938-08-15 August 15, 1938 (age &0000000000000070.00000070) in San Francisco, California Clinton 87-9 01994-08-03 August 03, 1994 Chief Judge, Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1990–1994); Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (1980–1990); Professor, Harvard Law School (1967–1980)
Samuel Alito
01950-04-01 April 1, 1950 (age &0000000000000058.00000058) in Trenton, New Jersey


G.W. Bush 58-42 January 31, 2006 Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1990–2006); Professor, Seton Hall University School of Law (1999–2004); U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey (1987–1990); Deputy Assistant Attorney General (1985–1987); Assistant to the Solicitor General (1981–1985); Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey (1977–1981)