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What is the most frequent and best-known action of Supreme Court justices in their role as circuit justices?
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The Supreme Court consists of one chief justice and eight associate justices. Reviewing request for stays of execution is their most frequent and best known action in circuit justices.
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What is the standard number of supreme court justices in charge of the federal judicial circuit?
9
What was the primary mode of transportation for the early US Supreme Court judges traveling the Circuit?
The early US Supreme Court justices traveled on horseback and by stagecoach.
Which Virgina court has justices but no jury?
The Supreme Court of Virginia. Appellate courts do not try cases, but review procedure, so no jury is needed.
What kind of experience do US Supreme Court nominees almost always have?
Over the past few decades, most US Supreme Court nominees have had judicial experience on one of the US Courts of Appeals Circuit Courts. This is no coincidence; most justices were appointed to the Circuit Courts for the purpose of developing appellate experience and a record of jurisprudence because they had already been identified as potential future US Supreme Court justices. The Circuit Courts have become the US Supreme Court's farm team.
What is the meaning of 'circuit' in the US Supreme Court?
US Courts of Appeals Circuit Courts are the thirteen intermediate appellate courts immediately below the US Supreme Court. Each Supreme Court justice has responsibility for handling emergency petitions for one or more of the Circuit courts, which is a remnant of the "circuit riding" tradition, in which the Supreme Court justices traveled the circuits throughout the year, hearing cases in local forums.
How many justices are on the US Supreme Court this year?
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.
Do US Supreme Court justices preside over courts?
Not exactly. "Preside" means "to be in charge of," and that responsibility falls to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or, in his (or her) absence, the Senior Associate Justice (justice who has served on the court longest). All Supreme Court justices are assigned one or more Circuits over which they have responsibility for emergency orders, per federal law (18 USC § 42): "The Chief Justice of the United States and the associate justices of the Supreme Court shall from time to time be allotted as circuit justices among the circuits by order of the Supreme Court. "The Chief Justice may make such allotments in vacation. A justice may be assigned to more than one circuit, and two or more justices may be assigned to the same circuit." The justices do not preside over the Circuits, however. US District Courts typically seat only one judge per case to preside over the Court; the US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts typically provide for appellate review by a three-judge panel, with one of the three presiding over the panel.
How many of the current US Supreme Court justices were federal judges?
All nine. It has become common in the past few decades to appoint potential future Supreme Court justices to the US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts for development and to create a record of their jurisprudence for later evaluation.Sonia Sotomayor is the only current justice with prior judicial experience on both a US Court of Appeals Circuit Court and a US District Court.
What court system generates most of the cases accepted by the US Supreme Court?
AnswerProbably the 9th circuit generates the most cases accepted by the Supreme Court. Even the liberals wonder how they come up with some of their decisions.AnswerThe federal court system generates most of the cases the US Supreme Court hears under appellate jurisdiction. Most cases are on certiorari from the US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts.As the first person speculated, the Ninth Circuit provides the greatest number of appeals. There are two reasons for this: 1) The Ninth is the largest Circuit in the United States, seating two panels of justices, while the other Circuits seat only one. This means they have a larger caseload and experience intra-Circuit splits (conflicting constitutional interpretations on similar cases between the two sets of justices in the Ninth Circuit) in addition to standard Circuit splits (conflicting interpretations between different Circuits); 2) As mentioned, the Ninth Circuit's decisions are out-of-step with current US Supreme Court ideology, tending to be more liberal and unorthodox than most of the justices prefer. This results in the Supreme Court granting certiorari to correct the Ninth Circuit's constitutional interpretations so they don't become precedential.
What was it called when US Supreme Court justices traveled from one place to another to hear cases and appeals?
When judges traveled from place to place to hear cases, it was called "circuit riding."
Were US Supreme Court justices required to ride circuit from town to town?
Yes. When the federal court system was formed by the Judiciary Act of 1789, justices were required to travel the circuits twice per year, tiring and arduous journeys sometimes in excess of 1,800 miles round-trip. The justices despised this system, as it exposed them to long days, rough weather and transportation conditions, and protracted absences from their families. A few justices resigned, or threatened to resign, from the Supreme Court because of the "circuit riding" requirement. After a few years, Congress allowed the justices to make the trip just once per year. The Adams' administration attempted to address this problem in the Judiciary Act of 1801 by expanding the number of Circuits and adding judges whose sole purpose was to serve the circuit courts, relieving justices of their circuit riding responsibilities. Unfortunately, Adams packed the courts with Federalist judges who could only be removed from office by repealing the act, which is exactly what Congress did during the Jefferson administration with the Repeal Act of 1802. The Repeal Act reverted conditions to those outlined in the original Judiciary Act of 1789, requiring supreme court justices to ride circuit again. The justices' responsibility for sitting on appeals cases in the circuit courts was not completely eliminated until Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1891 (aka the Evarts Act). Today, Supreme Court justices maintain a degree of authority over their assigned circuits for the purpose of granting emergency motions, but are not required travel or adjudicate intermediate appellate cases. For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Justices who traveled to hold court were?
Riding the circuit
