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The chief justice of the United States is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States and is the highest-ranking officer of the U.S. federal judiciary. Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution grants plenary power to the president of the United States to nominate, and, with the advice and consent of the United States Senate, appoint "Judges of the Supreme Court ...
The treaty did not resolve American grievances about neutral shipping rights and impressment, [46] and the Democratic-Republicans denounced it, but Jay, as Chief Justice, decided not to take part in the debates. [103] The Royal Navy's continued impressment of American citizens would be a cause of the War of 1812. [104]
As the first president, George Washington appointed the entire federal judiciary. His record of eleven Supreme Court appointments still stands. Ronald Reagan appointed 383 federal judges, more than any other president. Following is a list indicating the number of Article III federal judicial appointments made by each president of the United States.
Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 116 people have served on the Court. The length of service on the Court for the 107 non-incumbent justices ranges from William O. Douglas's 36 years, 209 days to John Rutledge's 1 year, 18 days as associate justice and, separated by a period of years off the Court, his 138 days as chief justice.
John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American jurist serving since 2005 as the 17th chief justice of the United States.He has been described as having a moderate conservative judicial philosophy, though he is primarily an institutionalist.
While he did serve as justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, his nomination for Chief Justice of the United States by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1873 was withdrawn due to lack of support in Congress. Walter F. George served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia and later as a special ambassador to NATO.
Chief Justice Warren swears in President Nixon on January 20, 1969. By 1968, Warren was ready to retire from the Court. He hoped to travel the world with his wife, and he wanted to leave the bench before he suffered a mental decline, something that he perceived in both Hugo Black and William Douglas.
John Marshall (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) was an American statesman, jurist, and Founding Father who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835.