2/ Alito, Thomas, Barrett, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh are the only five of the 116 justices to serve on the Supreme Court to have been confirmed by senators representing less than one half of the US population.
The left panel shows how dramatically different that was just 24 years ago. With the exception of Thomas, every justice was confirmed by senators representing at least two thirds of the US population, and six were confirmed by senators representing 90 percent of the US population.