Power of judicial review
John G. Roberts, Jr. is the chief justice of the US supreme court.
There are no explicit requirements in the U.S. Constitution for a person to be nominated to become a Supreme Court justice. No age, education, job experience, or citizenship rules exist. In fact, according to the Constitution, a Supreme Court justice does not need to even have a law degree.
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No, you do not have to be born in the US to be eligible to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. The Constitution only requires that a Justice be a citizen of the United States.
the first three article of constitution and the branch they establish
Charles Evans Hughes was a Supreme Court Justice before he ran for President in 1916. William Howard Taft was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after his presidency.
Antonin Scalia, Supreme court justice. "The constitution is not a living organism, it is a legal document."
The Supreme Court Justices interpret and enforce the US Constitution. The US Constitution is the ultimate "Law of the Land", to which they are bound.
Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes
The framers of the US Constitution made it difficult to remove a Supreme Court justice, or any Federal judge, because they wanted to insulate the judicial process from daily politics.
Fourth Chief Justice John Marshall, in the US Supreme Court case Marbury v Madison, (1803).
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