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List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States
The
Supreme Court of the United States
is the highest judicial body in the
United States
. Its membership consists of the
Chief Justice of the United States
and eight
associate justice
s. The justices are nominated by the
President of the United States
and appointed after confirmation by the
United States Senate
. Justices of the Supreme Court have
life tenure
and receive a salary which is set at $255,500 per year for the chief justice and at $244,400 per year for each associate justice as of 2014. On August 7, 2010, Justice
Elena Kagan
became the 112th justice to serve on the Court.
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Supreme Court of the United States
The
Supreme Court of the United States
(colloquially known as "
SCOTUS
") is the
highest
federal court of the United States
. Established pursuant to
Article III of the United States Constitution
in 1789, it has ultimate (and largely
discretionary
)
appellate jurisdiction
over all federal courts and over
state court
cases involving issues of
federal law
, plus
original jurisdiction
over a small range of cases. In the
legal system of the United States
, the Supreme Court is the final interpreter of
federal constitutional law
, although it may only act within the context of a case in which it has jurisdiction.
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