1990

Events

 * March 12:
 * Clarence Thomas becomes Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
 * May 25:
 * David Souter becomes Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
 * April 30:
 * Samuel Alito becomes Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
 * May 26:
 * William Barr becomes United States Deputy Attorney General
 * October 3:
 * David Souter becomes Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
 * Vernon Walters becomes United States Ambassador to Germany
 * March:
 * Stephen Breyer becomes Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Deaths

 * January 19:
 * Arthur Joseph Goldberg - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (b. 1908)
 * March 6:
 * William Francis Raborn Jr. - Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1905)