Associate Justices of the Supreme Court

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group of officeholders judicial office public office

Associate Justices of the Supreme Court are the non-chief members of the U.S. Supreme Court who, alongside the Chief Justice, hear and decide the Court’s cases.

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Label Occurrences
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 8
Supreme Court justices 2
United States Supreme Court justices 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of officeholders ⓘ
judicial office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: federal government of the United States
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
appointedForTerm life tenure ⓘ
appointmentRequiresConsentOf United States Senate ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy conviction by the United States Senate ⓘ
impeachment by the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
collectiveBody Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article III ⓘ
surface form: Article III of the United States Constitution
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy Judiciary Act of 1789 ⓘ
currentAssociateJusticesCount 8 ⓘ
currentTotalJustices 9 ⓘ
eligibilityFormalRequirements no explicit constitutional age, citizenship, or legal training requirements ⓘ
firstOfficeHoldersCount 5 ⓘ
hasMembers Associate Justices of the Supreme Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
hasNumberOfPositions 8 ⓘ
hasPower to hear and decide cases and controversies arising under the U.S. Constitution and federal law ⓘ
to interpret the Constitution of the United States ⓘ
to review certain decisions of state supreme courts ⓘ
to review decisions of lower federal courts ⓘ
initialTotalJustices 6 ⓘ
mayAuthor concurring opinions of the Supreme Court ⓘ
dissenting opinions of the Supreme Court ⓘ
majority opinions of the Supreme Court ⓘ
memberOf Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
oathRequired judicial oath prescribed by federal law ⓘ
officeLocation Supreme Court Building ⓘ
surface form: Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C.
participatesIn conference deliberations of the Supreme Court ⓘ
oral arguments before the Supreme Court ⓘ
voting on the outcome of Supreme Court cases ⓘ
partOf Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
positionHeldInOrganization judicial branch of the United States ⓘ
relativeAuthorityToChiefJustice equal vote to the Chief Justice in deciding cases ⓘ
salaryDeterminedBy United States Congress ⓘ
salaryProtection cannot be diminished during continuance in office ⓘ
selectionProcess presidential nomination with Senate advice and consent ⓘ
subordinateTo Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
termLengthCondition during good Behaviour ⓘ
typicalBackground extensive legal experience ⓘ
prior judicial service ⓘ
votingPower one vote per justice ⓘ
workIncludes deciding whether to grant or deny petitions for writs of certiorari ⓘ
drafting and revising judicial opinions ⓘ
participating in oral arguments ⓘ
reviewing written briefs ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Chief Justice of the United States → precedenceOver → Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court → hasMembers → Associate Justices of the Supreme Court self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
William O. Douglas → positionHeld → Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Wisconsin Supreme Court → hasPart → Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Associate Justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Lamar → positionHeld → Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
subject surface form: Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
this entity surface form: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
John Marshall Harlan → positionHeld → Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Stanford Law School → notableAlumniField → Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Supreme Court justices
Special Chambers → composedOf → Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
subject surface form: Special Chambers (Supreme Court of Colombia)
this entity surface form: Supreme Court justices
John M. Harlan II → positionHeld → Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Corte Suprema de Justicia de la República → composition → Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supreme Court justices
Levi Woodbury → positionHeld → Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
2005 U.S. presidential inauguration of George W. Bush → attendedBy → Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Supreme Court justices
John → positionHeld → Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
subject surface form: John Paul Stevens
this entity surface form: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Samuel Blatchford → positionHeld → Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. federal courts → employs → Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Supreme Court justices