Typically, a majority of at least five out of the nine Supreme Court justices is needed to decide a case.
It requires the vote of at least four of the nine US Supreme Court justices to grant a petition for writ of certiorari. If four Justices agree, the Supreme Court will accept the case. This is referred to as the "Rule of Four."
The Supreme Court consists of nine judges, called justices. There is a Chief Justice and eight other justices that were each initially nominated by the President in office at the time a new justice was needed. The United States Senate, after investigating the nominee's qualifications, approves or rejects the President's nomination.
Each state determines for itself the number of justices needed to handle the supreme court appellate caseload. Some states have as few as five justices; most have seven or nine. For more information, please specify the state in which you're interested.
They are hand selected by either the President or the other justices, though it has the least requirements, extraordinary merits are needed to even be considered
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US Supreme Court decisions require a simple majority vote (more than half). For example, if all nine justices hear a case, five must vote in agreement to form a majority.
The Supreme Court of Virginia. Appellate courts do not try cases, but review procedure, so no jury is needed.
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Anything over 50% of the ones that actually vote. If a justice recuses themselves from a case, they don't count towards the total either way.
Six of the nine justices were in attendance at President Obama's one-year address.In AttendanceChief Justice John RobertsJustice Anthony KennedyJustice Ruth Bader GinsburgJustice Stephen BreyerJustice Samuel Alito (seen muttering)Justice Sonia SotomayorAbsentJustice John Paul StevensJustice Antonin ScaliaJustice Clarence ThomasTo view a photograph of the justices at the State-of-the-Union address, see Related Links, below.
The US Supreme Court has its own 125-member police force that act as bodyguards when needed or requested. When traveling, a justice may be accompanied by a member of the Court's private police force, or by a member of the US Marshal Service.Under certain circumstances, the justices may request to go somewhere unaccompanied, but the government won't release the details of when and how that preference may be exercised.
In 2006 the Supreme Court said the president could not unilaterally establish military commissions; while the president could request they be established, they needed an Act of Congress to be legitimized.