Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

Who is the chief justice of the Supreme Court? Since September 29, 2005, John G. Roberts, Jr., has held this title. He is the seventeenth Chief Justice in the history of the United States. Appointed by George W. Bush, he won the Senate majority vote by a wide margin of 78-22.

The Chief Justice becomes the spokesperson for the judicial branch of the government and has several other duties specific to that office, including guiding the activities of the Supreme Court, presiding over the presidential inauguration, appointing candidates to some lower offices, and guiding the senate during a presidential impeachment process.

The current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is John G. Roberts, Jr. Born in 1955, he attended Harvard Law School and worked as a law clerk for the previous Chief Justice, William Renquist. Before becoming Chief Justice, Roberts held several other jobs including working in the Office of the White House Counsel during the Reagan and Bush administrations and working for fourteen years in private practice.

What is the Supreme Court?

In accordance with the United States Constitution, the Supreme Court presides over legal issues in this country and is the highest court in the land. The Supreme Court is made up of one Chief Justice and eight associate justices. Justice appointments are made by the President but must be approved by the Senate.

Once a justice has been accepted, he or she retains the seat until retirement or death. The Supreme Court can hear cases that have been appealed from the federal or state courts. Usually, a case going to the Supreme Court requires nuanced clarification of a law or it becomes the final appeal for a defendant. However, the Supreme Court receives requests to hear thousands of cases a year. Of those requests, the Supreme Court chooses which cases to preside over. This is called discretionary jurisdiction. The decision of the Supreme Court are final unless one of two events happen:

• There is a constitutional amendment that overturns the decision
• A later decision of the Supreme Court reverses a previous one

The Supreme Court, the judicial branch of the government, holds one third of the power in the government. The other two thirds belong to the legislative (congress) and executive (president and vice president). The leader of the judicial branch is known as the Chief Justice, so who is the chief justice of the Supreme Court? That title is currently held by John G. Roberts, Jr. He will hold this post until he decides to retire or until his death as all the justices of the Supreme Court are lifetime appointments.