The Resume

(August 15, 1938- )
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1994- )
Appointed by President Clinton

Why he might be annoying:

In college, he was arrested for underage drinking.
He is aloof.
He occasionally forgets to change his shirt.
His co-workers once put a goldfish in his water cooler and he didn't even notice.
He writes his opinions without footnotes, claiming it makes them more readable.
He believes the Supreme Court should note international law in its decisions.
He was called the 'Blister King' at summer camp for his sensitive feet.
He was pushed into playing sports by his mother even though he sucked at them.

Why he might not be annoying:

He is intensely focused on his work.
He fought for the deregulation of the airline industry.
Though generally regarded as liberal, he received his federal appeals court seat from Ronald Reagan.
He is a moderate who adopts both liberal and conservative viewpoints.
His opinions are written in a personal style.
Even though he married into a rich family, he mowed his own lawn and took public transportation to work.
He worked as an assistant prosecutor in the Watergate prosecutions.

Credit: Captain Howdy

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 2008 Most Annoying 401-500 (Ranked: 405)
• Captain Howdy's Profiles [Series 4]
• I am from San Francisco
• I Attended Bob Dole's Funeral [December 10, 2021]
• I Attended George H.W. Bush's State Funeral [December 5, 2018]
• I Attended Harvard
• I Attended Oxford
• I Attended Stanford
• I was a Boy Scout
• Judges
• Linked to Bill Clinton
• Look at Me, I'm Reading
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Top Hat
• Mad Magazine's 20 Dumbest People, Events and Things [2001] (Ranked: 8)
• Profiles 15501-15750 (Ranked: 15661)
• Rehnquist's Court
• Roberts' Court
• Teachers
• The Intercept's 10 Worst Americans of 2021 (Ranked: 9)
• Yale Book of Quotations Top 10 Quotes [2022] (Ranked: 4)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 55 Votes: 67.27% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 672 Votes: 58.93% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 60 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 85 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 28 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 20 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 135 Votes: 61.48% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 390 Votes: 62.56% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 573 Votes: 46.42% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 324 Votes: 70.68% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 642 Votes: 74.30% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 620 Votes: 79.19% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 70 Votes: 44.29% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 149 Votes: 41.61% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 148 Votes: 57.43% Annoying