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Supreme Court of the United States (view source)
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[[Image:Sup.jpg|thumb|260px|US Supreme Court Building]]
The '''Supreme Court of the United States''' (SCOTUS) is the highest court of the judiciary of the [[United States of America]]. Between 1800 and 1935, it met primarily in the basement of the United States [[Capitol]] building, then in the [[Old Senate Chamber]], until it moved into its present location at One First Street NE, [[Washington, D.C.]]
==Structure==
The Court is currently composed of eight [[Associate Justice]]s and one [[Chief Justice of the United States of America|Chief Justice]]. To assist them there are many clerks, guards, and staff. Cases are heard ''[[en banc]]'' whenever the Court is in session. Historians generally divide Court history into eras named after the Chief Justice then presiding (e.g., the [[Rehnquist Court]]).
Justices are appointed by the U.S. [[President]] with the advice and approval of the [[U.S. Senate]]. Justices must be approved by a simple majority of the Senate.
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A list of pending cases to be heard on their merits by the Supreme Court, also known as petitions for which [[certiorari]] has been granted, is available on its website.<ref>[http://www.supremecourtus.gov/orders/07grantednotedlist.pdf Cases pending for the 2007 term]</ref> For a list of petitions granted and to be heard in fall 2007, see [[2007 Cert. Granted]].
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==Opinions==
Prior to the Marshall Court, the Court issued [[opinion|opinions]] ''seriatim''. This means that each Justice wrote his own opinion and delivered it from the bench. Currently, the Court issues one opinion, said to be "the opinion of the Court". Opinions tend to have the history of the case, followed by the Court's reasoning and action. Generally the opinion will be written by a member of the majority, chosen by either the Chief Justice or the most senior Justice in the majority.
When a majority of Justices agrees to the opinion, it is called the majority opinion. Occasionally, a majority of Justices agrees to the [[remedy]], yet a minority of Justices agrees with the main opinion. This is called a [[plurality opinion]].
Justices that disagree with the Court's action can and frequently do write [[dissenting opinion]]s, which state their objections to the ruling. When a Justice agrees with an action, but not the reasoning behind it, he may write a concurring opinion, which states the reasoning he would have used.
==Current members==
{|
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{|class="wikitable"
!Name!!Date of Accession!!Appointed by!!Title!!General ideology
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|[[John Paul Stevens]]||December 19, 1975|||[[Gerald Ford]]|||[[Associate Justice]]|||[[liberal]]
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|[[Antonin Scalia]]||September 26, 1986|||[[Ronald Reagan]]|||[[Associate Justice]]|||[[conservative]]
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|[[Anthony Kennedy]]||February 18, 1988|||[[Ronald Reagan]]|||[[Associate Justice]]|||moderate/swing
|-
|[[David Souter]]||October 9, 1990|||[[George H. W. Bush]]|||[[Associate Justice]]|||[[liberal]]
|-
|[[Clarence Thomas]]||October 23, 1991|||[[George H. W. Bush]]|||[[Associate Justice]]|||[[conservative]]
|-
|[[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]||August 10, 1993|||[[Bill Clinton]]|||[[Associate Justice]]|||[[liberal]]
|-
|[[Stephen Breyer]]||August 3, 1994|||[[Bill Clinton]]|||[[Associate Justice]]|||[[liberal]]
|-
|[[John Roberts]]||September 29, 2005|||[[George W. Bush]]|||[[Chief Justice of the United States of America|Chief Justice]]|||[[conservative]]
|-
|[[Samuel Alito]]||January 31, 2006|||[[George W. Bush]]|||[[Associate Justice]]|||[[conservative]]
|-
|}
|[[Image:SCOTUS.jpg|400px|thumb|The Supreme Court of the United States, 2007]]
|}
== References ==
<references/>
[[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]]
[[category:United States Supreme Court]]
[[Category:United States Law]]