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US FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, JUDICIAL BRANCH


United States Supreme Court

Term of Office Lifetime appointment by president
Qualifications Nominated by the president, approved by the Senate.
Salary Chief Justice $212,100; Associate Justices $203,000
Functions Hears appeals in cases which present substantial constitutional questions, appeals when a law of the United States is held invalid by a state court, hears cases involving ministers of foreign states and when a state is a party.

Chief Justice
John G. Roberts, Jr.

Associate Justices
John Paul Stevens
Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
Antonin Scalia
Anthony M. Kennedy
David H. Souter
Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer

One First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20543
Public Information Office 202-479-3000
E-mail supct.law.cornell.edu/supct

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