If a senator were to leave the senate in order to serve on the Supreme Court, the governnor of his or her state would appoint a new senator to complete the remaining portion of the senatorial term of office.
Justices are appointed to the Supreme Court for life or until they voluntarily retire.
I would have been and supreme court justice, not a president because it can be all hard work that's in your hands. I don't know what a senator is, but I would be supreme court justice because you get to speak out your mind and don't need to hear what people have to say and make your decision of what's right!
The Chief Justice presides over the US Supreme Court. At present, the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court is John G. Roberts, Jr.
President George H. W. Bush appointed Justice David Hackett Souter to the US Supreme Court in 1990. Souter retired in 2009 and was succeeded by Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
President Harry Truman appointed Sherman Minton, former Senator from Indiana, to the US Supreme Court in October 1949 to succeed Wiley Rutledge, who died in office. Minton retired from the Court in 1956 due to poor health, but remained active in politics until his death in 1965. Minton was the last member of Congress to serve on the Supreme Court.
The justice must be approved by the senate.
The justice must be approved by the senate.
No, not at the same time. A US Supreme Court justice can serve in the Senate if he (or she) resigns from the Supreme Court, runs for office, and is elected. A US Senator can become a justice on the US Supreme Court if he (or she) resigns from the Senate (or has already resigned or been voted out of office) and is subsequently appointed by the President and approved by the Senate.
Sonia Sotomayor
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The justice must be approved by the senate.
Unless the justice is impeached by the House of Representatives and convicted by the Senate. Optionally, the justice could also choose to resign or retire.
they are appointed for life
Thurgood Marshall was a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. He was the first African- American ever to be appointed as a justice.
President Nixon appointed Warren E. Burger as Chief Justice to the Supreme Court. He also named William Rehnquist to a seat on the Supreme Court, and he was later elevated to Chief Justice.
appointed members of the supreme court
In 2014 the U.S. Supreme Court consists of four Justices who were appointed by Democratic presidents and five Justices, including the Chief Justice, who were appointed by Republican presidents.Barack Obama appointed Justices Sotomayor and Kagan.George W. Bush appointed Justice Alito and Chief Justice Roberts.Bill Clinton appointed Justices Ginsburg and Breyer.George H. W. Bush appointed Justice Thomas.Ronald Reagan appointed Justices Kennedy and Scalia.