Alternate/Future Supreme Courts

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The Supreme Court, September 2020:

Chief Justice : Diana Pamela Wood (Appointed by Pres. Kerry, Nov. 2 2005)
Associate Justice : Anthony M. Kennedy (Appointed by Pres. Reagan, Feb. 18 1988)
Associate Justice : Clarence Thomas (Appointed by Pres. Bush, Oct. 13 1991)
Associate Justice : Stephen Breyer (Appointed by Pres. Clinton, Aug. 3 1994)
Associate Justice : Jennifer Granholm (Appointed by Pres. Kerry, Aug. 9 2007)*
Associate Justice : Diane Sykes (Appointed by Pres. George Allen, Jul. 31 2009)**
Associate Justice : John Cornyn (Appointed by Pres. Allen, Aug. 15 2013)***
Associate Justice : Sri Srinivasan (Appointed by Pres. Booker, Sep. 1 2017)****
Associate Justice : Loretta Lynch (Appointed by Pres. Booker, Jul. 28 2018)*****

*Replaced Justice Stevens
**Replaced Justice O'Connor
***Replaced Justice Scalia
****Replaced Justice Souter
*****Replaced Justice Ginsburg

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The Supreme Court, January 20, 2029
Chief Justice: John Roberts (Conservative, appointed by W. Bush in 2006)
Associate Justice: Sonia Sotomayor (Liberal, appointed by Obama in 2009)
Associate Justice: Elena Kagan (Liberal, appointed by Obama in 2010)
Associate Justice: Neil Gorsuch (Republican, appointed by Trump in 2017)
Associate Justice: Amy Coney Barrett (Republican, appointed by Trump in 2020)
Associate Justice: Ketanji Brown Jackson (Liberal, appointed by Biden in 2022)
Associate Justice: Sri Srinivasan (Liberal, appointed by Biden in 2025)
Associate Justice: Paul Watford (Liberal, appointed by Biden in 2026)
Associate Justice: Leondra Kruger (Liberal, appointed by Biden in 2027)
6-3 Liberal
5-4 Women
4-5 Non-Hispanic White

*Stephen Breyer resigned due to health problems on 01.01.2022
**Brett Kavanaugh resigned due to new sexual harassment allegations on 03.12.2025
***Clarence Thomas died on 26.04.2026
****Samuel Alito resigned due to health problems on 01.06.2027

I appreciate your optimism but I don't see a guy like Kavanaugh ever resigning over new allegations

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POD is Gore wins the Electoral College in 2000

Chief Justice: David Souter (Appointed by President Gore, 2005)*
Associate Justice: Stephen Breyer (Appointed by President B. Clinton, 1994)
Associate Justice: Diane Wood (Appointed by President Gore, 2005)**
Associate Justice: Sonia Sotomayor (Appointed by President Gore, 2007)***
Associate Justice: John Roberts (Appointed by President McCain, 2009)****
Associate Justice: Charles Canady (Appointed by President McCain, 2016)#
Associate Justice: Elena Kagan (Appointed by President H. Clinton, 2018)##
Associate Justice: Patricia Millett (Appointed by President H. Clinton, 2020)###
Associate Justice: Kamala Harris (Appointed by President H. Clinton, 2022)####

* Replacing Chief Justice Rehnquist, who died
** Replacing Justice Souter, who became Chief Justice
*** Replacing Justice Stevens, who retired
**** Replacing Justice O'Connor, who retired
# Replacing Justice Scalia, who died
## Replacing Justice Kennedy, who retired
### Replacing Justice Ginsburg, who died
#### Replacing Justice Thomas, who died

Fascinating to imagine what decisions this Court could have made after 2005 (and especially after 2018 with Kennedy being replaced by Kagan)

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The Supreme Court, 2021 (In a Different Hell Timeline):

Chief Justice: John Roberts (Appointed by President W. Bush, 2005)
Associate Justice: David Souter (Appointed by President H.W. Bush, 1990)
Associate Justice: Stephen Breyer (Appointed by President Clinton, 1994)
Associate Justice: Samuel Alito (Appointed by President W. Bush, 2005)
Associate Justice: Ted Cruz (Appointed by President Brownback, 2012)*
Associate Justice: Thomas Hardiman (Appointed by President Brownback, 2015)**
Associate Justice: Don Willett (Appointed by President Brownback, 2016)***
Associate Justice: Mike Lee (Appointed by President Pence, 2018)#
Associate Justice: Daniel Cameron (Appointed by President Pence, 2021)##

*Replaced Justice Stevens, who died of unexpected causes
**Replaced Justice Kennedy, who retired
***Replaced Justice Scalia, who died
#Replaced Justice Thomas, who retired
##Replaced Justice Ginsburg, who died

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The Supreme Court if Hillary had won in 2008:
The Justices as of inauguration day 2017:

Chief Justice: John Roberts (appointed by George W. Bush)
Associate Justice: Clarence Thomas (Appointed by George H.W Bush)
Associate Justice: Samuel Alito (Appointed by George W. Bush)
Associate Justice: Anthony Kennedy (Appointed by Ronald Reagan)
Associate Justice: Sonia Sotomayor (Appointed by Hillary Clinton, replaces David Souter)
Associate Justice: Merrick Garland (Appointed by Hillary Clinton, replaces John Paul Stevens)
Associate Justice: Brian Sandoval (Appointed by Hillary Clinton, replaces Antonin Scalia)

What about Ginsburg and Breyer? I'm guessing they're still on the Court in 2017?