Kelo v. City of New London, 545 US 469 (2005)
Chief Justice John Roberts will remain in office until he commits an impeachable offense (highly unlikely), resigns, retires or dies in office. While there is no definite answer to this question, Roberts is young and likely to preside over the US Supreme Court for another 20-25 years.
This is the person better known as the Chief Justice. The Chief Justice is the leader of the court (the other justices are known as Associate Justices); the Chief Justice presides over hearings and sets the agenda for the business conducted by the Supreme Court. If there were an impeachment, the Chief Justice would preside over the trial in the Senate. The current Supreme Court Chief Justice is John Roberts.
the Chief Justice shall preside
The US Supreme Court seats only one Chief Justice at a time; the other eight are Associate Justices.The current Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., is only the seventeenth to serve on the US Supreme Court.
The Vice-President does not preside at an impeachment of a President. The Constitution requires that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court preside over an impeachment trial.
President Clinton didn't appoint a Chief Justice; William H. Rehnquist was already on the bench when Clinton took office, and remained there until his death in 2005. President George W. Bush appointed Chief Justice John G. Glover, Jr. to succeed Rehnquist. Clinton appointed Associate Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1993) and Stephen Breyer (1994).
The President selects and appoints the Chief Justice of the United States (Supreme Court) to lead the US Supreme Court. President George W. Bush appointed the current Chief Justice, John J. Roberts, Jr. to preside over the Court in 2005, following the death of late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.
The Chief Justice would not preside over the US Supreme Court if he (or she) recuses himself from a case; is sick or otherwise disabled; is engaged in a Presidential impeachment trial; or is on trial in the Senate himself. In the absence of the Chief Justice, the Senior Associate Justice (the justice who has served on the Supreme Court longest) would take responsibility for the Court.
No. The only exclusive power of the Chief Justice is to preside over the trial of an impeached President.
The Chief Justice of the United States (Supreme Court) presides. This position is often referred to as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, but the latter title is formally correct.The current Chief Justice, John G. Roberts, Jr., was nominated by President George W. Bush and took office on September 29, 2005.
The only exclusive power of the Chief Justice is to preside over the trial of an impeached President. For more information, see Related Questions, below.
The only exclusive power of the Chief Justice is to preside over the trial of an impeached President. For more information, see Related Questions, below.