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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.
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ReneNo. There is only one US Supreme Court and one Chief Justice to preside over it. The other eight justices, called Associate Justices, work as a team with the Chief Justice to review cases as a group.
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What was Roosevelt's major political failure?
His plan to expand the Supreme Court His plan to replace Supreme Court justices His plan to pack the courts.
Do all of the federal courts determine the number of US Supreme Court justices?
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What kind of experience do US Supreme Court nominees almost always have?
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What branch will you find judges and courts?
The judicial branch consists of judges and courts such as district courts (thus district judges), appeals court and judges and the highest court in the USA, the Supreme Court and the 9 justices.
How is it decided which cases are heard by the Supreme Court?
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