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Nine Justices make up the current Supreme Court: one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices. The Honorable John G. Roberts, Jr., is the 17th Chief Justice of the United States, and there have been 104 Associate Justices in the Court’s history.

Today at the Court - Monday, Feb 3, 2025 The Supreme Court Building is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Courtroom Lectures available within the next 30 days.

The Supreme Court, the country's highest judicial tribunal, was to sit in the Nation's Capital, and was initially composed of a Chief Justice and five Associate Justices. For the first 101 years of the Supreme Court’s life -- but for a brief period in the early 1800s -- the Justices were also required to "ride circuit," and hold circuit court ...

The most well-known opinions are those released or announced in cases in which the Court has heard oral argument. Each opinion sets out the Court’s judgment and its reasoning and may include the majority or principal opinion as well as any concurring or dissenting opinions.

The Supreme Court Building, majestic in size and rich in ornamentation, serves as both home to the nation’s highest Court and the manifest symbol of its importance as a coequal, independent branch of government.

The Court makes available many different forms of information about cases. The most common way to find information about a case is to review the case’s docket -- a list of all of the filings and rulings in that case, arranged in chronological order.

Opinions of the Court - 2022 The opinions collected here are those issued during October Term 2022 (October 3, 2022, through October 1, 2023) . Opinions are posted on the website upon release in slip opinion format.

Oct 24, 2012 · Chief Justice Rutledge is included because he took his oaths, presided over the August Term of 1795, and his name appears on two opinions of the Court for that Term.

Who were the members of the first Supreme Court? As stipulated by the Judiciary Act of 1789, there was one Chief Justice, John Jay, and five Associate Justices: James Wilson, William Cushing, John Blair, John Rutledge and James Iredell.