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"A Brief Overview of the Supreme Court
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A Brief Overview of the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States
One First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20543
Phone: 202–479–3211
Members:
Chief Justice of the United States JOHN G. ROBERTS, JR.
Associate Justices JOHN PAUL STEVENS
ANTONIN SCALIA
ANTHONY M. KENNEDY
DAVID H. SOUTER
CLARENCE THOMAS
RUTH BADER GINSBURG
STEPHEN G. BREYER
SAMUEL A. ALITO, JR.
Retired Justice SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR
The Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and such number
of Associate Justices as may be fixed by Congress. The number of Associate Justices is
currently fixed at eight (28 U. S. C. §1). Power to nominate the Justices is vested in the
President of the United States, and appointments are made with the advice and consent of
the Senate. Article III, §1, of the Constitution further provides that “[t]he Judges, both
of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and
shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be
diminished during their Continuance in Office.”
Officers:
Administrative Assistant to the
Chief Justice JEFFREY P. MINEAR
Clerk WILLIAM K. SUTER
Librarian JUDITH A. GASKELL
Marshal PAMELA TALKIN
Reporter of Decisions FRANK D. WAGNER
Court Counsel SCOTT HARRIS
Curator CATHERINE FITTS
Director of Data Systems DONNA CLEMENT
Public Information Officer KATHLEEN L. ARBERG
C
ourt Officers assist the Court in the performance of its functions. They include the
Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice, the Clerk, the Reporter of Decisions, the
Librarian, the Marshal, the Court Counsel, the Curator, the Director of Data Systems, and
the Public Information Officer. The Administrative Assistant is appointed by the Chief
Justice. The Clerk, Reporter of Decisions, Librarian, and Marshal are appointed by the
Court. All other Court Officers are appointed by the Chief Justice in consultation with the
Court.
Constitutional Origin. Article III, §1, of the Constitution provides that “[t]he judicial
Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior
Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.” The Supreme Court
of the United States was created in accordance with this provision and by authority of the
Judiciary Act of September 24, 1789 (1 Stat. 73). It was organized on February 2, 1790.
Jurisdiction. According to the Constitution (Art. III, §2):
“The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this
Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be
made, under their Authority;—to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers
and Consuls;—to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;—to Controversies
to which the United States shall be a Party;—to Controversies between two or
more States;—between a State and Citizens of another State;—between Citizens of different
States;—between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of
different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens
or Subjects.
“In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public ministers and Consuls, and those in
which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all
the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction,
both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress
shall make.”
Appellate jurisdiction has been conferred upon the Supreme Court by various statutes,
under the authority given Congress by the Constitution. The basic statute effective at
this time in conferring and controlling jurisdiction of the Supreme Court may be found in
28 U. S. C. §1251 et seq., and various special statutes.
Rulemaking Power. Congress has from time to time conferred upon the Supreme
Court power to prescribe rules of procedure to be followed by the lower courts of the United
States. See 28 U. S. C. §2071 et seq.
The Building. The Supreme Court is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday. It is closed Saturdays, Sundays, and the federal legal holidays
listed in 5 U. S. C. §6103. Unless the Court or the Chief Justice orders otherwise,
the Clerk’s Office is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except on those
holidays. The Library is open to members of the Bar of the Court, attorneys for the
various federal departments and agencies, and Members of Congress.
The Term. The Term of the Court begins, by law, on the first Monday in October
and lasts until the first Monday in October of the next year. Approximately 10,000 petitions
are filed with the Court in the course of a Term. In addition, some 1,200 applications
of various kinds are filed each year that can be acted upon by a single Justice.
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