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What is the difference between US Supreme Court justices and other public officials?
Supreme Court justices and other Article III federal judges receive lifetime appointments, which is designed to insulate them from public and political pressure. Most public officials are either elected for set terms, or appointed at the pleasure of the President and Congress, and usually lose their position when the administration changes.
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What is the difference between activist and non-activist justices?
activist justices are passionite and volunteered non-activist justices are forced against one's will
What Supreme Court justices died in the last 10 ten years?
Three US Supreme Court justices died between 2000 and 2010.DeceasedByron White....................1962-1993...........Kennedy.....(d. 2002)Harry Blackmun...............1970-1994...........Nixon.........(d. 1999)William H. Rehnquist (CJ)..1972-2005...........Nixon.........(d. 2005) (Reagan elevated to Chief Justice, 1986)
Do the US citizens elect the justices of the Supreme Court?
No.Article 2 Section 2 of the US Constitution provides that Supreme Court Justices are appointed by the President with the Advice and Consent of the Senate:[The President] shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.US Supreme Court Justices are nominated by the current President, presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee for investigation, then accepted or rejected by the US Senate.If a nominee receives a simple majority (51) of the votes, then he or she is commissioned as a Supreme Court Justice. This is a lifetime appointment, and is served until such time as the Justice retires, resigns, dies or is impeached by the House of Representative and tried by the Senate.In some states, like North Carolina, voters elect state supreme court justices to a fixed term of office; in other states, justices are appointed by the state Governor or another legislative body.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Have there always been nine justices on the US Supreme Court?
No. Congress has changed the number of justices on the US Supreme Court nine times in the history of the Court. This does not include years when vacancies were unfilled, reducing the number of justices by one or more.The Judiciary Act of 1789 provided for a 6-member Court, with a Chief Justice and 5 Associate Justices. Congress adjusted the size of the Court a number of times through the during the 19th-century.Judiciary Act of 1789: Court size 6Judiciary Act of 1801: Court size, 5Repeal Act of 1802: Court size, 6Seventh Circuit Act of 1807: Court size, 7Judiciary Act of 1837: Court size, 9Tenth Circuit Act of 1863: Court size, 10Judicial Circuit Act of 1866: Court size, 7Habeas Corpus Act of 1867: Court size, 8Judiciary Act of 1869: Court size, 9After the election of President Ulysses S. Grant, Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1869, which set the Court's membership at nine. This number has remained the same ever since.
What does the Judicical branch do?
The Judicial Branch consists of the Supreme Court and all lower courts. The Supreme Court hears cases involving public officials, and it declares laws unconstitutional. The lower courts determine the futures of those who have commited crimes, or it settles disagreements between citizens of the United States.
