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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: 2024793211

    Members:
    Chief Justice of the United States

    JOHN G. ROBERTS, JR.

    Associate Justices

    JOHN PAUL STEVENS

    ANTONIN SCALIA

    ANTHONY M. KENNEDY

    CLARENCE THOMAS

    RUTH BADER GINSBURG

    STEPHEN G. BREYER

    SAMUEL A. ALITO, JR.

    SONIA SOTOMAYOR

    Retired Justices

    SANDRA DAY OCONNOR

    DAVID H. SOUTER

    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:
    Counselor to the Chief Justice
    Clerk
    Librarian
    Marshal
    Reporter of Decisions

    JEFFREY P. MINEAR

    WILLIAM K. SUTER

    JUDITH A. GASKELL

    PAMELA TALKIN

    FRANK D. WAGNER

    Court Counsel
    Curator
    Director of Data Systems
    Public Information Officer

    SCOTT HARRIS

    CATHERINE E. FITTS

    DONNA CLEMENT

    KATHLEEN L. ARBERG

    Court Officers assist the Court in the performance of its functions. They include the
    Counselor 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 Counselor to the Chief Justice 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 judi
    cial 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 Minis
    ters and Consuls;to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;to Contro
    versies 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 dif
    ferent 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 Con
    gress 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 Clerks 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 peti
    tions 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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