For the 107 non-incumbent justices, the average length of service was 6,203 days (16 years, 359 days). The longest serving justice was William O.

27 авг. 2024 г. · Justice Clarence Thomas is currently the longest serving Supreme Court Justice, with a tenure of over 32.87 years.

The longest serving Chief Justice was Chief Justice John Marshall who served for 34 years, 5 months and 11 days from 1801 to 1835.

20 нояб. 2024 г. · With no limits on tenure, the average Supreme Court term since 1993 has reached 28 years — over twice as long as most peer countries — making ...

Case in point: justices who sat on the court pre-1970 served about 15 years apiece. Since then, the average tenure is close to 28 years. Life tenure has turned ...

19 авг. 2024 г. · Historically, the median length of service for justices has been 18.5 years. But the picture looks quite different for those appointed after ...

26 янв. 2022 г. · Justice Stephen Breyer has served on the court for more than 27 years, behind only Justice Clarence Thomas.

Justices serve for life unless they retire, resign, receive senior status, or are impeached.

Of the Justices who have left the Court since then, the average length of service has risen to 26.1 years. 11.

Term Limits. Future Supreme Court justices should be appointed biennially and should serve no longer than 18 years, after which they'd serve on lower courts ...