|
|
“ |
When there is a vacancy on the bench the President (Executive branch) nominates a person to be a Supreme Court justice. Usually, the President receives recommendations from trusted advisors, or may have someone in mind whom an earlier Presi...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_are_US_Supreme_Court_just...
|
|
“ |
The number has changed several times of the history of our nation, but there are currently nine Supreme Court justices. When a vacancy occurs, the President selects a Supreme Court justice and he or she must be confirmed by a majority in th...
http://answers.ask.com/Society/Other/how_are_supreme_co...
|
|
“ |
The Supreme Court is considered to be the highest-ranking court in the United States. Decisions that make it all the way to the Supreme Court are decided officially and those decisions are often...
http://www.ehow.com/guide_21-p50-legal.html
|
|
|
Supreme Court justices, court of appeals judges, and district court judges are nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate, ... The CJA, which is set forth in Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 3006A, requires a court determination that a person is financially eligible for court-appointed counsel.
|
www.uscourts.gov/faq.html
www.uscourts.gov/faq.html
|
|
|
|
As we all know, there are nine Supreme Court justices who are appointed for life by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate. By appointing the justices to life terms, the framers of the Constitution attempted to insulate them from political pressure.
|
www.cnn.com/2000/LAW/07/columns/cossack.scotus.07.12/
|
|
|
; I am sick of people telling me how "liberal" the supreme court is. The Republicans appointed 7 out of 9 of the Justices! ... to believe that Supreme Court justices follow the dictates of the President that appointment them. Or to believe that they vote consistently one way or the other based on party loyalties.
|
www.dailykos.com/story/2005/6/29/1760/89810
|
|
; I am sick of people telling me how "liberal" the supreme court is. The Republicans appointed 7 out of 9 of the Justices! ... Facts must support the arguements you make. The fact is that the court only needs 5 votes to decide something and Republicans have appointed 7 of the 9 justices.
|
www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/6/29/1760/89810
|
|
|
They propose giving Justices lifetime appointments to the federal judiciary, but not specifically to the Supreme Court. ... That means, of course, that the Court's total membership would grow. Under the plan, the nine most recently appointed Justices at any given time would constitute the Court's active membership;
|
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BUE/is_11_137/ai_n1720...
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BUE/is_11_137/ai_n17208752
|
|
|
