Help Wanted
Applicants to fill Supreme Court Justice positions
Requirements Of Posistion
The President nominates an applicant for the available position on the Court and the Senate votes to confirm the nominee, which requires a simple majority for the chosen to deemed a court justice. By doing so, both the Executive and Legislative Branch have a say in the composition of the Supreme Court.
**This does not guarantee a spot on the justice court
Current Employees
John G. Roberts Jr., Chief Justice
Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice
Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice
Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice
Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice
Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr., Associate Justice
Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice
Elena Kagan, Associate Justices
What Types of cases do they cover?
The supreme Court covers cases appealed from lower federal courts, cases appealed from state supreme courts and they seldom hear cases that haven't been previously heard by a lower court, such as between one state and another.
Recent Cases
Lethal injection
Same-sex Marriage
The court decided that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage. (Decided June 26)
Health Care Subsidies
The court decided that tax subsidies would being given lawfully in the 36 states that had decided not to run marketplaces for insurance coverage. (Decided June 25)
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