Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States. The number of Associate Justices is determined by the United States Congress and is currently set at eight by the Judiciary Act of 1869. Associate Justices, like the Chief Justice, are nominated by the President of the United States and are confirmed by the United States Senate by majority vote.

PropertyValue
dbpprop:abstract
  • Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States. The number of Associate Justices is determined by the United States Congress and is currently set at eight by the Judiciary Act of 1869. Associate Justices, like the Chief Justice, are nominated by the President of the United States and are confirmed by the United States Senate by majority vote. This is provided for in Article II of the Constitution, which states that the President "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint... Judges of the supreme Court. " Article III of the Constitution specifies that Associate Justices, and all other United States federal judges "shall hold their Offices during good Behavior. " This language means that the appointments are effectively for life, ending only when a Justice dies in office, retires, or is removed from office following impeachment by the House of Representatives and conviction by the Senate. Each of the Justices of the Supreme Court has a single vote in deciding the cases argued before it; the Chief Justice's vote counts no more than that of any other Justice. However, in drafting opinions, the Chief Justice enjoys additional influence in case disposition if in the majority through his power to assign who writes the opinion. Otherwise, the senior justice in the majority assigns the writing of a decision. Furthermore, the Chief Justice leads the discussion of the case among the justices. The Chief Justice has certain administrative responsibilities that the other Justices do not, and is paid slightly more ($217,400 vs. $208,100 as of 2009). Associate justices have seniority by order of appointment, although the Chief Justice is always considered the most senior. If two justices are appointed on the same day, the older is designated the senior justice of the two. Currently, the senior associate justice is John Paul Stevens. By tradition, when the Justices are in conference deliberating the outcome of cases before the Court, the justices state their views in order of seniority. If there is a knock at the conference room door, the junior justice (who sits closest to the door) must answer it. Under 28 USC 3, when the Chief Justice is unable to discharge his functions, or that office is vacant, his duties are carried out by the most senior associate justice until the disability or vacancy ends. The current associate justices are (in order of seniority): John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, and Sonia Sotomayor.
  • Un Juez Asociado de la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos (en inglés, Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States) es uno de los miembros que componen la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos. Así, la Corte Suprema esta compuesta por el Juez Presidente (Chief Justice) y por los Jueces Asociados. El número de Jueces Asociados es determinado por el Congreso de los Estados Unidos y esta compuesto actualmente de ocho miembros, como se fijó en el Acta Judicial de 1869 (Judiciary Act of 1869). Los Jueces Asociados son nominados por el Presidente de los Estados Unidos. Luego la nominación pasa a manos del Senado de los Estados Unidos para ser ratificada. Si es ratificada por el Senado, el candidato es electo de por vida, (al igual que otros jueces federales) y solo puede ser removido por fallecimiento, renuncia o por impeachment. Cada uno de los Jueces de la Corte Suprema cuenta con un voto en la decisión de los casos alegados frente a ellos; El voto del Juez Presidente es igualitario al de los Jueces Asociados. Sin embargo, en la redacción de los fallos, el Juez Presidente tiene una mayor influencia debido a su atribución de designar a la persona que redactará el fallo en aquellos casos en que el Juez Presidente forma parte del voto de la mayoría. De otra forma, el Juez Asociado de mayor antigüedad que es parte de la mayoría es quien posee la facultad de designar al Juez que redactará el fallo. En cuanto a las atribuciones del Juez Presidente, es este quien lleva las discusiones en el conocimiento de los casos, demás de poseer responsabilidades administrativas que los otros Jueces no poseen, siendo el salario del Juez Presidente mayor que el de los otros ($212,100 vs. $203,000 desde el 2007). Los actuales Jueces Asociados son (por orden de antigüedad): John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito y Sonia Sotomayor
dbpprop:hasPhotoCollection
dbpprop:lc
  • on
dbpprop:reference
dbpprop:wikiPageUsesTemplate
rdfs:comment
  • Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States. The number of Associate Justices is determined by the United States Congress and is currently set at eight by the Judiciary Act of 1869. Associate Justices, like the Chief Justice, are nominated by the President of the United States and are confirmed by the United States Senate by majority vote.
  • Un Juez Asociado de la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos (en inglés, Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States) es uno de los miembros que componen la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos. Así, la Corte Suprema esta compuesta por el Juez Presidente (Chief Justice) y por los Jueces Asociados.
rdfs:label
  • Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  • Juez Asociado de la Corte Suprema de los Estados Unidos
owl:sameAs
skos:subject
foaf:page
is dbpprop:data of
is dbpprop:nota of
is dbpprop:office of
is dbpprop:order of
is dbpprop:participants of
is dbpprop:redirect of
is dbpprop:shortDescription of
is dbpprop:title of