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This still from video posted to X.com on Wednesday, February 5, shows US Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas swearing in Scott Turner as secretary of Housing and Urban Development ...
CNN host Dana Bash raised questions on Thursday about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas swearing in multiple Trump administration officials in recent weeks. "Please raise your right hand again ...
From left, Michigan Supreme Court Justice Brian Zahra congratulates newly sworn-in Southgate City Council President Zoey Kuspa on Nov. 16 at Southgate City Hall, while looking on are her father ...
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.
The average duration of the 10 Supreme Court vacancies since 1991—from a justice's departure date to the swearing-in of their successor—has been 70 days. Three of these vacancies lasted for less than a day each, as the successor was sworn in the same day the retiring justice officially left office. [ 106 ]
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that turn on questions of U.S. constitutional or federal law.
She becomes the 116th justice and first federal public defender in the court’s history, fulfilling Biden’s campaign promise of appointing a Black woman to the Supreme Court.
The time of adoption of the current procedure, where both the chief justice and the president speak the oath, is unknown. [citation needed] The oath of office was administered to Washington in 1789 by Robert Livingston, Chancellor of New York State. Four years later, the oath was administered by Supreme Court associate justice William Cushing.