Trivia Question of the Day

Justice Scalia Was More Of An Outlier Than You May Think

Deaths of sitting SCOTUS justices aren't too common anymore.

(Photograph by Franz Jantzen/Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via Getty Images)

(Photograph by Franz Jantzen/Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via Getty Images)

How many Supreme Court justices have died in office since 1950?

Hint: Thirty-eight justices died in office from the court’s inception to 1900, but longer life expectancies and changes to pension benefits for the justices have made retirement the more prevalent option since then.

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Answer: Three. Justice Scalia (2016), Chief Justice Rehnquist (2005), and Chief Justice Vinson (1953).