The US Supreme Court currently (October 2010) seats six men and three women.
Current Justices
Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia
Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
Associate Justice Clarence Thomas
Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer
Associate Justice Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr.
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Associate Justice Elena Kagan
There are nine (9) justices on the US Supreme Court.
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There are currently nine US Supreme Court judges and they are appointed for life.
Except when there is a vacancy, there are always ninejustices on the U. S. Supreme Court.
President George HW Bush appointed Justice Clarence Thomas to the US Supreme Court in October 1991. He is currently an incumbent on the bench.
Zero. President Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court, in 1981. She retired in 2006. There are currently two women on the Supreme Court: Justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Sonia Sotomayor.
The US Supreme Court is the highest court in the US. Each state has its own Supreme Court, but the US Supreme Court is the end of the line.
No. The US Supreme Court ruled California's Proposition 8 unconstitutional on June 26, 2013.
No. The US Supreme Court is relatively small compared to some international courts. The World Court (UN International Court) and Supreme Court of the Philippines each have fifteen justices; the Supreme Court of India currently seats 29 justices; and the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China has more than 340 judges.
In the US, the entire federal judicial system is under the US Supreme Court. Each state and territory has an independent court system. Those systems are independent of the US Supreme Court, but are required to follow the Supreme Court.
None. The US Supreme Court is head of the Judicial Branch of government; it does not have branches of its own. If you're asking how many Circuits (US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts) are below the Supreme Court, the answer is thirteen.
There are currently 9 Justices in the US Supreme Court. The number varied in the early years of the court from a low of 6 to a high of 10. The Circuit Judges Act of 1869 set the number at 9 and it has been there ever since.