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List of justices[edit] Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 116 people have served on the Court. The length of service on the Court for the 107 non-incumbent justices ranges from William O. Douglas 's 36 years, 209 days to John Rutledge 's 1 year, 18 days as associate justice and, separated by a period of years off the Court, his ...
September 29, 2005. The Supreme Court of the United States ( SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that turn on questions of U.S. constitutional or federal law. It also has original jurisdiction over a ...
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. Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution grants plenary power to the president of the United States to nominate, and, with the advice and consent of the United States Senate, appoint "Judges of the supreme Court ...
Stephen Breyer. Stephen Gerald Breyer ( / ˈbraɪ.ər / BRY-ər; born August 15, 1938) is an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1994 until his retirement in 2022. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton, and replaced retiring justice Harry Blackmun. Breyer was generally associated ...
John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American jurist who has served as the 17th chief justice of the United States since 2005. [3] He has been described as having a moderate conservative judicial philosophy, though he is primarily an institutionalist. [4] [5] For his willingness to work with the Supreme Court 's liberal bloc ...
Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. OMRI (/ ə ˈ l iː t oʊ / ə-LEE-toh; born April 1, 1950) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated to the high court by President George W. Bush on October 31, 2005, and has served on it since
6 February 2024. The International Court of Justice ( ICJ; French: Cour internationale de justice, CIJ) is the only international court that adjudicates general disputes between nations, and gives advisory opinions on international legal issues. It is one of the six organs of the United Nations (UN), [1] and is located in The Hague, Netherlands .
Neil McGill Gorsuch ( / ˈɡɔːrsʌtʃ / GOR-sutch; [2] born August 29, 1967) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Donald Trump on January 31, 2017, and has served since April 10, 2017. Gorsuch spent his early life in Denver, Colorado, then lived in ...