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Current Members. John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, was born in Buffalo, New York, January 27, 1955. He married Jane Sullivan in 1996 and they have two children - Josephine and Jack. He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1976 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979.
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The chief justice of the United States is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States and is the highest-ranking officer of the U.S. federal judiciary.
Chief JusticeChief JusticeDate Confirmed(vote)Tenure[a]1John Jay(1745–1829)September 26, 1789(Acclamation)October 19, 1789–June 29, ...2John Rutledge(1739–1800)December 15, 1795(10–14)August 12, 1795–December 28, ...3Oliver Ellsworth(1745–1807)March 4, 1796(21–1)March 8, 1796–December 15, ...4John Marshall(1755–1835)January 27, 1801(Acclamation)February 4, 1801–July 6, 1835(Died)- $298,500 USD
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The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest-ranking judicial body in the United States. Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the chief justice of the United States and eight associate justices, any six of whom constitute a quorum. [1] [2] Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution grants plenary ...
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4 days ago · John G. Roberts, Jr., 17th chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. Nominated as chief justice by President George W. Bush, he was confirmed by the Senate in September 2005. He was known as an institutionalist who promoted a view of the Court as a neutral arbiter above ideology and partisan politics.
John Jay (1789-1795) John Rutledge (1790-1791; 1795) Thomas Johnson (1791-1793) William Cushing (1790-1810) William Paterson (1793-1806) The U.S. Supreme Court consists of a Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to life terms.
