Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas wrote several influential First Amendment
opinions, including Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School
District (1969).
Judges and Justices
Ketanji Brown Jackson was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Joe Biden on June 30, 2022. She replaced Justice Stephen Breyer who had retired. Biden would likely have appointed her earlier had not Republicans rushed through the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett in the waning days of the Trump Administration, even though they