Supreme Court Notes

Importance The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justices (9 total)

How are they chosen? nominated by the President with the "advice and consent" (majority vote) of the Senate Justices effectively have life tenure Judges can only be terminated upon death, resignation, retirement, or conviction on impeachment For the year 2010, an Associate Justice is paid $213,900 and the Chief Justice $223,500.

Supreme Court Justices The Roberts Court, 2009 Front row: Associate Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, John Paul Stevens, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Antonin G. Scalia, and Clarence Thomas. Back row: Associate Justices Samuel A. Alito, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor

Marbury vs. Madison