The Supreme Court of the United States The Constitution does not stipulate the number of Supreme Court Justices; the number is set instead by Congress. There have been as few as six, but since 1869 there have been nine Justices, including one Chief Justice.

Writs of Certiorari Parties who are not satisfied with the decision of a lower court must petition the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case. The primary means to petition the court for review is to ask it to grant a writ of certiorari. According to these rules, four of the nine Justices must vote to accept a case.

six Justices

The 9 current justices of the US Supreme Court

• Chief Justice John Roberts. Chief Justice John Roberts.
• Justice Clarence Thomas. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas.
• Justice Stephen Breyer.
• Justice Samuel Alito.
• Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
• Justice Elena Kagan.
• Justice Neil Gorsuch.
• Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

In total Roosevelt appointed 80 Article III federal judges, a record for his day surpassing the 46 appointed by Ulysses S. Grant. These included 3 Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 19 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, and 58 judges to the United States district courts.

(a) Any justice of the Supreme Court or judge of the Court of Appeals who has attained the age of 65 years, and who has served for a total of 15 years, whether consecutive or not, on the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, or the superior court, or as Administrative Officer of the Courts, or in any combination of …

62 years to 65 years

65 years

Kania was the inaugural CJI. The current incumbent is N. V….Supreme Court of India (1950–present)

Four new judges were appointed to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, taking its strength to 34, the highest-ever. Justices Krishna Murari, SR Bhat, V Ramasubramanian and Hrishikesh Roy were appointed as judges of the top court.

Jasmine Twitty (born December 4, 1989) is an American associate judge for the Easley, South Carolina municipal court.