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.
A majority of the nine Supreme Court justices, which means at least five justices, are typically required to reach a decision in a case.
Typically, a majority of at least five out of the nine Supreme Court justices is needed to decide a case.
Nine Justices make up the current Supreme Court: one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices.
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."
For the U.S. Supreme Court to decide a case, a majority of the justices must agree on the outcome. Since there are nine justices, at least five must concur for a decision to be rendered. In cases where the justices are evenly divided, such as a 4-4 split, the lower court's decision is upheld without setting a national precedent.
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.
At least six of the nine justices are required for form a quorum.
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Congress created the law that fixed the number of justices on the Supreme Court in 1869; the number has not changed since then. Under the US Constitution, the number of justices is not mentioned. Congress decides how many justices there shall be and has changed the number from time to time.
Nine justices
There are five Justices.
When you have too many choices and find it difficult to make a decision, it is called "choice overload" or "decision paralysis."