| Justice | Start Date-End Date | Appointed By | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William J. Brennan, Jr. | 10/16/1956-07/20/1990 | Eisenhower | ||
| Byron “Whizzer” White | 04/16/1962-07/28/1993 | Kennedy | ||
| Thurgood Marshall | 10/02/1967-10/01/1991 | Johnson | ||
| Warren Earl Burger, Chief Justice | 06/23/1969-09/26/1986 | Nixon | ||
| Harry A. Blackmun | 06/09/1970-08/03/1994 | Nixon | ||
| Lewis F. Powell, Jr. | 01/07/1972-06/26/1987 | Nixon | ||
| William H. Rehnquist | 01/07/1972-09/26/1986 | Nixon | ||
| John Paul Stevens | 12/19/1975-06/29/2010 | Ford | ||
| Sandra Day O’Connor | 09/25/1981-01/31/2006 | Reagan |
All but two Republican nominated shows how no one can, nor should, try to install clones of their ideology into the Third Branch of government. While that court rendered an unfortunate decision others with more liberal members have surprised us with common sense (which should be called rare good sense).