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Bookmark or Share- Types of Federal Judges - United States CourtsThe Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over certain types of cases and controversies, such as disputes between the states. The Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction over other matters as conferred upon the Supreme Court by various statutes, under the authority given Congress by the Constitution. Learn more about Supreme Court justices.
- Chief Justice of the United States - WikipediaThe 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.
- Justices 1789 to Present - Supreme Court of the United StatesChief Justice Rutledge is included because he took his oaths, presided over the August Term of 1795, and his name appears on two opinions of the Court for that Term.
- Justices - Supreme Court of the United StatesNine Justices make up the current Supreme Court: one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices. The Honorable John G. Roberts, Jr., is the 17th Chief Justice of the United States, and there have been 104 Associate Justices in the Court’s history.
- John G. Roberts, Jr. | Biography, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ...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.
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