No. The Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the nation, and head of the Judicial Branch of the United States. The Chief Justice is the person who presides over the Supreme Court.
He or she is called the 'Chief Justice of the United States', and is in control of not only the Supreme Court, but also the various Federal courts. The position used to be called the, "Chief Justice of the Supreme Court", but not any longer.
President Nixon appointed Warren E. Burger as Chief Justice to the Supreme Court. He also named William Rehnquist to a seat on the Supreme Court, and he was later elevated to Chief Justice.
No. The US President is also Chief Commander of the Armed Forces (military) and head of the Executive Branch of government; the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (or Chief Justice of the United States) is head of the Court during his (or her) term of office. The President cannot play a direct role in the operation of the Supreme Court under the doctrine of "separation of powers" because the Judicial Branch is an independent part of government.
there is no "assistant Supreme Court Chief Justice" in the Philippines. The SC is composed of 1 chief justice and 14 associate justices. While it is a collegial body, the chief justice is primus inter pares (first among equals). However, the most senior associate justice - who is second in the order of precedence is also designated as Senior Justice.
The chief justice not only heads up the Supreme Court, but also runs the Federal court system. For that reason his/her title is, "Chief Justice of the United States".
The first (and so far only) US President to have also served as a Justice of the Supreme Court was William Howard Taft, who was appointed Chief Justice by Warren Harding.
Roger Taney was the first Supreme Court justice who was Catholic. He was nominated to the bench by Andrew Jackson and served until 1864. He was also the fifth chief justice in the US.
The head of the judiciary of Canada is the Right Honourable Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, P.C., the Chief Justice of Canada. The Chief Justice sits on the Supreme Court of Canada, alongside eight puisne justices; the Chief Justice is also a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. Mme Chief Justice McLachlin was promoted to Chief Justice on 7 January 2000 by the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson (then the Governor General) on the advice of the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien (then the prime minister).
Generally, they are called Justices. The Supreme Court has one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices.TitlesAs a group, members of the US Supreme Court are called justices, not judges.The head of the Court is known as the Chief Justice; his or her official title would be Chief Justice of the United States.The other eight Justices are called Associate Justices.StatusThe most recent member of the Court may also be referred to as the Junior Justice.The Justice with the most seniority may also be referred to as the Senior Justice.Neither Junior Justice nor Senior Justice are official titles, however.Addressing the CourtWhen referring to a specific person, they are addressed as Justice [last name] or Mr./Ms. Justice [last name]. The Chief Justice is called Chief Justice [last name].
None. William Howard Taft served both as President and Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, but he was President first, from 1909-1913. President Warren G. Harding later nominated Taft as Chief Justice of the United States (Supreme Court), where he served from 1921-1930.Charles Evans Hughes resigned from the Supreme Court to run for President in 1916, but he was not Chief Justice and he was not elected President. He later returned to the supreme court as the Chief Justice.For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Andrew Jackson was a justice of the Tennessee Superior Court before he was President. William Howard Taft was a federal circuit judge before he was president and was appointe to the US Supreme Court after the presidency.
Chief Justice Edward Douglas White presided over the US Supreme Court from 1910 until 1921, after serving as an Associate Justice from 1894 until 1910.Prior to being nominated to the Supreme Court, White served as Louisiana State Senator from 1891-1894. He also served one year on the Louisiana Supreme Court, from 1879-1880.