Chief Justice of the United States

E1158
federal office of the United States judicial office position of authority public office

The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the federal judiciary and the Supreme Court, presiding over its proceedings and holding significant ceremonial and administrative responsibilities within the U.S. government.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Chief Justice of the United States canonical 68
Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court 2
Chief Justice 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal office of the United States ⓘ
judicial office ⓘ
position of authority ⓘ
public office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chief Justice ⓘ
Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
appointedFor service during good behavior ⓘ
appointmentRequires advice and consent of the United States Senate ⓘ
ceremonialRole administers the presidential oath of office ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
establishedBy Article III ⓘ
surface form: Article III of the United States Constitution
firstHolder John Jay ⓘ
hasJurisdiction federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
hasPower appoint members of the Judicial Conference of the United States ⓘ
appoint members of various federal judicial committees ⓘ
assign majority opinions when in the majority ⓘ
preside over impeachment trial of the President in the U.S. Senate ⓘ
hasResponsibility administrative leadership of the federal courts ⓘ
ceremonial duties in the federal government ⓘ
overseeing the Judicial Conference of the United States ⓘ
supervision of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts ⓘ
headOf federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
judicial branch of the United States ⓘ
legalSystem common law system of the United States ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
memberOf Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
officeCreated 1789 ⓘ
officeHeldBy John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
officeHolderTitle Chief Justice of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chief Justice
officeLocation Supreme Court Building ⓘ
officeType non-elective office ⓘ
oversees federal court system of the United States ⓘ
partOf United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
precedenceOver Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
presidesOver Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
judicial conferences of the Supreme Court ⓘ
oral arguments before the Supreme Court ⓘ
rank first among equals on the Supreme Court ⓘ
highest-ranking judicial officer in the United States ⓘ
reportsTo no higher judicial authority ⓘ
residence Washington, D.C. ⓘ
style Chief Justice of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Madam Chief Justice

Mr. Chief Justice ⓘ
Chief Justice of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Chief Justice
symbol judicial robe ⓘ
termLength life tenure during good behavior ⓘ
worksWith Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ

Referenced by (78)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of the United States → oathAdministeredBy → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Supreme Court of the United States → chiefJudgeTitle → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Supreme Court of the United States → currentChiefJudge → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: John G. Roberts Jr.
Chief Justice of the United States → officeHolderTitle → Chief Justice of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chief Justice
Chief Justice of the United States → style → Chief Justice of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Chief Justice
Chief Justice of the United States → style → Chief Justice of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madam Chief Justice
Chief Justice of the United States → alsoKnownAs → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
federal judiciary of the United States → overseenInPartBy → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Judicial Conference of the United States → headOfGovernment → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Judicial Conference of the United States → chairperson → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Judicial Conference of the United States → composition → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court → subordinateTo → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Administrative Office of the United States Courts → reportsTo → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure → appointmentBy → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
John Marshall → positionHeld → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist → positionHeld → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
FISC → overseenBy → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Washington administration → positionFilled → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Charles Evans Hughes → positionHeld → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution → hasMember → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Justice Harlan F. Stone → office → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Harlan F. Stone
Salmon P. Chase → positionHeld → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
John Rutledge → positionHeld → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite → positionHeld → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Morrison R. Waite
Presidency of John Adams → positionAppointed → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
AO → appointedBy → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts
AOUSC → appointingAuthorityOfDirector → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules → appointedBy → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Germantown, Colony of Virginia, British America → associatedWithOffice → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chief Justice of the United States (through John Marshall)
Campbell Academy → positionHeld → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: John Marshall
Sarah Livingston Jay → spouseOccupation → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Warren → positionHeld → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Earl Warren
Great Hall → associatedWith → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chief Justices of the United States
2005 U.S. presidential inauguration of George W. Bush → oathAdministeredByOffice → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Oath of office of the President of the United States → administeredBy → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
1969 presidential inauguration of Richard Nixon → oathAdministratorOffice → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson → positionHeld → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Fred M. Vinson
John → positionHeld → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: John G. Roberts Jr.
Vera D. Burger → positionHeld → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Warren E. Burger
St. Paul College of Law → positionHeld → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Warren E. Burger
Harlan → associatedWithPersonRole → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Fiske → positionHeld → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Harlan F. Stone
Abe Fortas → nominatedAs → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Mary Willis Ambler → positionHeld → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: John Marshall
Jane Sullivan Roberts → positionHeld → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: John G. Roberts Jr.
Edward Douglass White → office → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Nina Warren → positionHeld → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Earl Warren
Agnes Harvey Stone → positionHeld → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: Harlan F. Stone
Elizabeth Hughes Gossett → hasFatherPosition → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
Rutledge → positionHeld → Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: John Rutledge