The Government of The United States of America
What is the Judicial Branch of the United States?
Set up by Article III of the Constitution, the Judicial Branch is the section of our government that determines the legality of situations brought before them. Congress determines the structure of the Judicial Branch. Even the number of Supreme Court Justices is left for Congress to decide. At a few points, there have been as few as 6, whereas we currently have 9 (1 Chief Justice and 8 Associate Justices) , a policy that has been in place since 1869. The Constitution also allows Congress to create inferior courts (such as local and district) to the Supreme Court, which try most federal cases. There are 13 United States courts of appeals, that use judicial review on appealed district court cases.
The Supreme Court Justices
Cheif Justice John G. Roberts Jr.
The Honorable Justice Roberts was born on January 27th, 1955. This smart young man went through this schooling and had no problem getting accepted to Harvard College in 1976, and then to Harvard Law School in 1979. Once he graduated from these institutes, John went on to work as the Law Clerk for Judge Henry J. Friendly from 1979 to 1980. After his time with Judge Friendly, he started serving as the Law Clerk for Associate Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist. Justice John Roberts became married in 1996 to Jane Sullivan and had two children. John Roberts practiced law in the Washington D.C. area until being elected to the Court of Appeals in 2003. John Roberts then received the honor, by George W. Bush, of being nominated for Chief Supreme Court Justice and was approved to the seat in September of 2005. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. still today resides over the Supreme Court with honor and dignity.
The Honorable Justice Roberts was born on January 27th, 1955. This smart young man went through this schooling and had no problem getting accepted to Harvard College in 1976, and then to Harvard Law School in 1979. Once he graduated from these institutes, John went on to work as the Law Clerk for Judge Henry J. Friendly from 1979 to 1980. After his time with Judge Friendly, he started serving as the Law Clerk for Associate Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist. Justice John Roberts became married in 1996 to Jane Sullivan and had two children. John Roberts practiced law in the Washington D.C. area until being elected to the Court of Appeals in 2003. John Roberts then received the honor, by George W. Bush, of being nominated for Chief Supreme Court Justice and was approved to the seat in September of 2005. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. still today resides over the Supreme Court with honor and dignity.
Associate Supreme Court Justices
- Elena Kagan
- Samuel A. Alito Jr.
- Antonin Scalia
- Anthony Kennedy
- Clarence Thomas
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Stephen Breyer
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Elena Kagan
- Samuel A. Alito Jr.
- Antonin Scalia
- Anthony Kennedy
- Clarence Thomas
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Stephen Breyer
- Sonia Sotomayor
Want to learn more about the Judicial Branch?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government/judicial-branch
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110221/Judicial.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government/judicial-branch
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110221/Judicial.html
