Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts stresses independence of the high court in year-end report. But he gives an incomplete history lesson to make his case.

Still pending before the Supreme Court this week is an appeal from Trump's lawyers that seeks the firing of three Democratic ...

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The chief judge cited a litany of examples, including docket errors in felony cases that led to the unlawful arrest of one woman and the unlawful release of another.

Supreme Court History Politics. Jan 1, 2003 4:21 PM EDT ... It also more clearly defined the Supreme Court as having one chief justice and five associate justices.

During Chief Justice John Marshall's time in the Supreme Court starting in 1801, the bench shrunk from six to five Justices, then expanded back to six and finally seven in 1807.

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a formal group portrait to include the new Associate Justice, top row, far right, at the Supreme Court Building in Washington, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018.

W. Brent Powell has served on the Missouri Supreme Court since 2017. He will now serve as chief justice for the next two years.

And no women or people of color have served as chief justices of the nation’s highest court. Six have been women Of the 116 justices in history, 110 – or 94.8% – have been men.

Natalie Hudson, center, takes the oath of office as chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court during an investiture ceremony at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023.