The United States is divided into thirteen circuit courts of appeals, each of which is assigned a Circuit Justice from the Supreme Court. Although this concept has been in continuous existence throughout the history of the republic, its meaning has changed through time.
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The Supreme Court is the only federal court that has jurisdiction over direct appeals from state court decisions, although there are several devices that permit so-called collateral review of state cases.
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For cases brought directly to the Supreme Court by direct appeal from a United States District Court, the Chief Justice may order the case remanded to the appropriate U.S. Court of Appeals for a final decision there. This has only occurred once in U.S. history, in the case of United States v. Alcoa (1945).
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In the legal system of the United States, the Supreme Court is the final interpreter of federal constitutional law, although it may only act within the context of a case in which it has jurisdiction.
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The Supreme Court has nine justices: a chief justice and eight associate justices. Supreme Court justices are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. Justices are appointed for life, although they may be impeached by Congress for misbehavior (this has happened only once, in 1805).
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Elena Kagan. On the court since: 7 August 2010. How she got to the court: Kagan grew up in New York City. At the age of 12, she convinced her rabbi to hold the synagogue's first formal bat mitzvah, the rite of passage for young women.
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Established pursuant to Article III of the United States Constitution in 1789, it has ultimate (and largely discretionary) appellate jurisdiction over all federal courts and over state court cases involving issues of federal law, plus original jurisdiction over a small range of cases.
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1. samuel alito 2. ruth bader-ginsberg 3. anthony kennedy 4. antonin scalia 5. sonia sotomayor 6. elaina kagan 7. clarence thomas 8. stephen breyer.
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The justices decide which cases they will hear, about 80 each year. They decide another 50 without hearing arguments. The cases they choose usually address constitutional issues or federal law. The Supreme Court gets about 7000 requests to hear cases per year, so there are many cases that don't get heard. If they decide not to hear a case, the decision of the lower court stands.
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how many scotus justices' are there?
There are nine SCOTUS justices.