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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 ...
Oct 24, 2012 · The date a Member of the Court took his/her Judicial oath (the Judiciary Act provided “That the Justices of the Supreme Court, and the district judges, before they proceed to execute the duties of their respective offices, shall take the following oath . . . ”) is here used as the date of the beginning of his/her service, for until that ...
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Chief justice, the presiding judge in the Supreme Court of the United States and the highest judicial officer of the nation. The chief justice is appointed by the president of the United States with the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate and has life tenure. The primary functions of the office.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed three Supreme Court Justices through this method, including Chief Justice Earl Warren. However, recess appointments have been disfavored since then. At first, the membership of the Court consisted entirely of white Protestant males.
A historical timeline of profiles documenting the personal background, plus nomination and confirmation dates of all previous chief justices of the United States Supreme Court.
The Chief Justice is the presiding officer of the Court, supervising the process of selecting the cases the Court will hear, the public sessions or hearings, the discussions of the cases at private conference, and the subsequent votes of the nine Justices (including the Chief Justice).
Supreme Court; Chief Justices 1 John Jay, Chief Justice 1789-1795 . John Jay was born on December 12, 1745, in New York, New York, and grew up in Rye, New York. He was graduated from King's College (now Columbia University) in 1764. He read law in a New York law firm and was admitted to the bar in 1768.
