Respuesta :

For political leanings I'll use the terms "liberal" and "conservative," rather than specific political parties.  The justice who was seen as a centrist was Anthony Kennedy, who retired in 2018.  So now all nine justices on the Supreme Court tend to be on either a liberal or conservative side of the political spectrum.

LIBERAL JUSTICES

  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg,  Associate Justice  since 1993
  • Stephen Breyer,  Associate Justice  since 1994
  • Sonia Sotomayor,  Associate Justice  since 2009
  • Elena Kagan,  Associate Justice  since 2010

CONSERVATIVE JUSTICES

  • Clarence Thomas,  Associate Justice  since 1991
  • John Roberts,  Chief Justice  since 2005
  • Samuel Alito,  Associate Justice  since 2006
  • Neil Gorsuch,  Associate Justice  since 2017
  • Brett Kavanaugh,  Associate Justice  since 2018