Supreme Court of the United States

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The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court in the U.S. judiciary, serving as the final arbiter of constitutional and federal law.

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All labels observed (20)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of the United States canonical	1,402
United States Supreme Court	89
U.S. Supreme Court	36
Supreme Court of the United States (on federal questions)	10
Supreme Court of the United States (on federal questions only)	2
Burger Court	1
Rehnquist Court	1
S. Ct.	1
SCOTUS	1
Supreme Court	1
Supreme Court of the United States (in certain cases)	1
Supreme Court of the United States (in part)	1
Supreme Court of the United States (in several early cases)	1
Supreme Court of the United States (rulemaking authority)	1
Supreme Court of the United States in federal questions	1
Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C.	1
Taft Court	1
United States Supreme Court (indirectly, via CAAF)	1
United States. Supreme Court	1
Warren Court	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of last resort ⓘ federal court ⓘ supreme court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ surface form: SCOTUS
appealsFrom	United States courts of appeals ⓘ surface form: United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces United States courts of appeals ⓘ surface form: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit United States courts of appeals ⓘ state supreme courts ⓘ
appointmentMethod	presidential nomination with Senate confirmation ⓘ
authorizedBy	United States Constitution ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	judicial branch of the United States federal government ⓘ
building	Supreme Court Building ⓘ
buildingLocation	One First Street NE, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
chiefJudgeTitle	Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
composition	one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices ⓘ
coordinates	38.8906°N 77.0044°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	Judiciary Act of 1789 ⓘ
currentChiefJudge	Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ surface form: John G. Roberts Jr.
currentChiefJudgeStartDate	2005-09-29 ⓘ
dateEstablished	1789-03-04 ⓘ
decides	cases and controversies arising under federal statutes ⓘ cases and controversies arising under the Constitution ⓘ cases and controversies arising under treaties of the United States ⓘ
establishedBy	United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Article III of the United States Constitution
hasOriginalJurisdictionOver	cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls ⓘ controversies in which a state is a party ⓘ
hasPower	judicial review of acts of Congress ⓘ judicial review of executive actions ⓘ judicial review of state laws for federal constitutional compliance ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the United States federal law of the United States ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableCase	Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ Bush v. Gore ⓘ Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ Marbury v. Madison ⓘ Obergefell v. Hodges ⓘ Roe v. Wade ⓘ United States v. Nixon ⓘ
numberOfPositions	9 ⓘ
publishes	United States Reports ⓘ
role	final arbiter of constitutional law ⓘ final arbiter of federal law ⓘ highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
seat	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
termLength	life tenure during good behavior ⓘ

Referenced by (1,554)

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

United States of America → judicialBody → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Washington, D.C. → hostsInstitution → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

New Deal → opposedBy → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supreme Court of the United States (in several early cases)

Social Security Act of 1935 → upheldBy → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

United States government → judicialBody → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

United States government → judicialReviewBy → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Supreme Court of the United States → alsoKnownAs → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: SCOTUS

United States Constitution → isInterpretedBy → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Electoral College → relatedTo → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Supreme Court

United States Capitol → near → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Washington metropolitan area → contains → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

One First Street NE, Washington, D.C. → primaryOccupant → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

One First Street NE, Washington, D.C. → isSeatOf → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

United States Reports → isOfficialReporterFor → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

United States Reports → maintainedBy → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Marbury v. Madison → court → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Supremacy Clause → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Commerce Clause → hasInterpretationBy → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court → decisionsCanBeReviewedBy → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Helvering v. Davis → court → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

executive branch of the United States → checkedBy → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Chief Justice of the United States → memberOf → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Chief Justice of the United States → presidesOver → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

United States courts of appeals → appealsTo → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

United States courts of appeals → below → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Brown v. Board of Education → court → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Roe v. Wade → hasCourt → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Roe v. Wade → wasOverturnedByCourt → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Bush v. Gore → court → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Necessary and Proper Clause → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Necessary and Proper Clause → authoritativeInterpreter → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Full Faith and Credit Clause → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Free Exercise Clause → enforcedBy → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

United States v. Virginia (1996) majority opinion → court → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (2007) dissent → court → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Steward Machine Co. v. Davis → court → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Capitol Hill → contains → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Internal Revenue Code → interpretedBy → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

federal judiciary of the United States → includesCourt → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

federal judiciary of the United States → highestCourt → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Supreme Court Police → jurisdiction → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Supreme Court Police → parentAgency → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Dallas Reports → reportsDecisionsOf → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Wheaton Reports → jurisdictionCovered → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Supreme Court

Wheaton Reports → appliesToCourt → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Peters Reports → courtReported → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Peters Reports → preOfficialReporterFor → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Howard Reports → courtReported → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Black Reports → reportsDecisionsOf → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ

Black Reports → jurisdiction → Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ