United States Supreme Court History

Today there are now a total of eight Supreme Court Justices in the United States Government. The oldest of the group being 83 and the youngest being 56. The members of this court are Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Anthony McLeod Kennedy, Stephen Gerald Breyer, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Anthony Alito, Sonia Maria Sotomayor, John Glover Roberts Jr., and Elena Kagan. Each of these Associate Justices have different backgrounds and history, so here's the background information on these important figures.

The Supreme Court is the highest level of the federal court system. It consists of nine justices, including a chief justice and eight associate justices. Very rarely do cases originate on the level of the Supreme Court. The judges and justices that preside over the courts of the United States determine the constitutionality of laws and legislation.

The Supreme Court is made up of nine justices appointed by the president of the United States. These justices are are tasked with reviewing and deciding which cases of the 7,000 cases they are presented with each year. The Supreme Court is given the ability to choose most of the cases they are presented with each year. (1) The Supreme Court discuss cases presented to them by any of the court justices and they must utilize the rule of four. These rule states that if at least four of the justices want to hear a case then all nine of them must listen to a case. (1) Although, there are many cases that could be seen by the Supreme Court, cases are chosen based upon the far-reaching implications of the case. The Supreme Court also picks up cases

The Supreme Court is the United States Supreme Court, which is composed of nine judges. One of them is the Chief Justice. They are appointed by the president and must be approved by the Senate. Judges have their job for their whole lives, unless they

The first Supreme Court Justice took office in 1789. His name was John Jay and he accepted the offer to take the position when offered it by George Washington. Congress approved him later in the year and he stayed in office until 1795. There have been many more Chief Justices in the United States Supreme Court with a current number of seventeen and with more to come.

Supreme Court reflected and reinforced nationalism during the post-Ghent years, despite the ominous setbacks concerning slavery.

Abstract: Throughout learning about politics in the United States, the judiciary sticks out as the branch that does not represent the American people. Supreme Court Justices are not elected into office and they also serve life terms. This paper will not argue that this should not be the case, but it will argue that this furthers the disconnect between politicians and the electorate. It will give a brief history of the Supreme Court and then argue that in recent years, especially since the establishment of the certiorari pool, that the Supreme Court has furthered disconnect. This paper will also discuss the different ways justices vote, big cases in history, and how much power a Supreme Court justice really has. It will look into how the ideology of the court changed over the past two hundred years and how it has led up to the current situation we are in today with the death of Antonin Scalia.

Currently there are nine members on the Supreme Court, eight are associate justices and one is the chief justice. A justice on the Supreme Court is appointed for life. They do not serve terms like congressman, instead serving for life. A justice can be removed from the Supreme Court by impeachment for corruption and after a trial; however, a justice has never

For us to assess how the Supreme Court determines which case they will hear, we must first analyze the structure of the supreme court and how they get appointed. The original court in set the limit of judges to 6 in 1789, but congress has since has changed that number to 9 in 1869 in which it remains to this day. There is but one Chief Justice who is the highest ranking judge, and 8 associate justices, all of which are uniquely diverse in ethnicity, religion, sex, ideology, and length of tenure.

There are many public courts in the United States yet the highest court of the land is the Supreme Court. On the high court, there is a total of 9 Supreme Court Justice including 8 associate judges and 1 Chief Justice. The Chief Justice is the head of the Judicial Branch. The associate judges and Chief Justice serve for life. There are many district courts and appeal courts. There are 91 district courts and 12 appellate courts. There are three other courts that are part of the federal judicial system. They are the Court of Military Appeals, United States Claim Court, and United States Tax Court. In the Judicial Branch, there are nine types of cases that the Supreme Court and federal courts have jurisdiction over. The cases are the Constitution, Federal laws, Treaties, Laws governing ships, the United States Government itself, two or more state government, citizens of different states and a state or its citizens versus foreign country or foreign citizens, There are two different jurisdiction, the original jurisdiction and the appellate jurisdiction. The original jurisdiction is a jurisdiction that has the authority to hears the case first while an appellate jurisdiction is a jurisdiction that has the power to hear a case only after it has gone through the lower court system. There is also a writ of certiorari is a formal request for a Supreme Court to hear a case. There are many things that the Judicial

In today’s society many Americans do not know much about the role the U.S. Supreme Court plays in the functioning of the U.S. government. The Supreme Court hears and decides on certain appeal cases from lower courts involving laws that challenge the Constitution. The Supreme Court consists of one Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justices who current members are John G. Roberts, Jr.; Antonin Scalia; Anthony M. Kennedy; Clarence Thomas; Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Stephen G. Breyer; Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr.; Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.

According to Toobin, the history and personality of the Supreme Court has also been affected by continual topics in recurrent cases as well as recurring constitutional themes. These continually topics are seen in previous cases that have made reappearances in other cases as they are applied to modern times and cases. As seen in the provision of the historic rulings in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education and the 1964 Reynolds v. Sims that established the rule of “one person, one vote” and equal protection played a large role in the 1996 case of Romer v. Evans that ruled that Colorado could not keep its cities from passing laws to protect homosexuals (172). Even after over three decades, the decision in Brown and Reynolds greatly influenced the outcome of Romer as it gave insight into rights to all individuals. Laws regarding blacks also continued to recur in the Court system, especially after the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the laws regarding racial classifications. At this time, the Jim Crow laws were struck down and the justices examined law with “strict scrutiny.” Later in the 1970s, the government started programs to help blacks and minorities with affirmative action initiatives. However, the issue of Richmond v. Croson and the so-called Equal Protection Clause violation of a lack of minority subcontractors of J.A. Croson Company led to the debate of “reverse discrimination” and the dependence of the clause to race and classification (208-209). Consequently,

There are currently nine justices. They have all served for a good amount of time. John Roberts, Chief Justice, has served for 9 years and eleven months. Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice, has served for 28 years and eleven months. Anthony Kennedy, Associate justice, has served for 27 years and eleven months. Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice, has served for 23 years and ten months. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice, has served for 22 years and one month. Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice, has served for 21 years and one month. Samuel Alito, Associate Justice, has served for 9 years and seven months. Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice, has served for 6 years and one month. Elena Kagen, Associate Justice, has served for 5 years and

Before settling at nine justices in 1869, the number of Supreme Court Justices changed six times. In its entire history, the Supreme Court has had only 16 Chief Justices, and over 100 Associate

The Supreme Court has nine judges, which serve. These judges assess cases. These Justices hold their terms for life, "during good behavior" under Article III. The current Supreme Court Justices are Justice John Paul Stevens, appointed by Gerald Ford in 1975. Ronald Regan appointed Justice Sandra Day O'Conner to her term in 1981. Justice Antonia Scalia was appointed by Ronald Regan in 1986. Another Justice appointed by Ronald Regan is Anthony Kennedy in 1988. George Bush appointed Justice David Souter in 1990. Justice Clarence Thomas was appointed by George Bush in 1991. Bill Clinton appointed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1993. Bill Clinton also appointed Justice Stephen Breyer in 1994. The Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court is Chief Justice William Rehnquist who was appointed Justice by President Richard Nixon in 1972 and earned his appointment to being Chief Justice by Ronald Regan in 1986.