Deciding which cases to hear from among the thousands appealed to the court each year; Deciding the case itself; And determining an explanation for the decision, called the court's opinion.
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As of October 2010, there are six male justices and three females.Current JusticesChief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.Associate Justice Antonin ScaliaAssociate Justice Anthony M. KennedyAssociate Justice Clarence ThomasAssociate Justice Stephen G. BreyerAssociate Justice Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr.Associate Justice Ruth Bader GinsbergAssociate Justice Sonia SotomayorAssociate Justice Elena Kagan
Not exactly. "Preside" means "to be in charge of," and that responsibility falls to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or, in his (or her) absence, the Senior Associate Justice (justice who has served on the court longest). All Supreme Court justices are assigned one or more Circuits over which they have responsibility for emergency orders, per federal law (18 USC § 42): "The Chief Justice of the United States and the associate justices of the Supreme Court shall from time to time be allotted as circuit justices among the circuits by order of the Supreme Court. "The Chief Justice may make such allotments in vacation. A justice may be assigned to more than one circuit, and two or more justices may be assigned to the same circuit." The justices do not preside over the Circuits, however. US District Courts typically seat only one judge per case to preside over the Court; the US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts typically provide for appellate review by a three-judge panel, with one of the three presiding over the panel.
Justice Kennedy is Roman Catholic. Through a curious quirk of chance, the current Justices of the Supreme Court are five Catholics and three Jews. Justice Antonin Scalia, who passed away on February 13, 2016, was also Roman Catholic. Scalia occasionally spoke that the real requirement for "diversity" on the Supreme Court was to get at least one Protestant, preferably an Evangelical Protestant!
US Supreme Court justices are appointed for life and only leave office in one of the following four ways:ResignationRetirementDeathImpeachment and conviction
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