No one directly appoints Supreme Court Justices. The president nominates candidates, and the senate accepts or rejects the nominees. So the president indirectly appoints justices, pending senate approval.
Executive Branch.
No. The Executive Branch appoints US Supreme Court justices with the approval of the Senate.
Supreme Justices are nominated by the Senate.Then, the President appoints the justices. Therefore,the executive branch appoints supreme court justices
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executive.
The Supreme Court is made of 9 justices and is part of the judicial branch.
No one directly appoints Supreme Court Justices. The president nominates candidates, and the senate accepts or rejects the nominees. So the president indirectly appoints justices, pending senate approval.
This is an example of the checks and balances system. If the President was allowed to appoint justices without any oversight, it would essentially grant the Executive branch power over the Judicial branch, which would then invalidate the Legislative branch.
The Executive Branch, under Article 2 of the constitution. He/she has the power to make treaties, appoint ambassadors and justices(judges) of the Supreme Court with the approval of 2/3 of the Senate.
The eight Associate Justices and Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court are in the Judicial Branch.
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I assume you're asking about the branch of government, Executive, Legislative, or Judicial. The Judicial is the supreme court, with nine justices (the words judicial and justice come from the same root, see).