Nominated as Chief Justice of the United States by President George W. Bush, he assumed that office on September 29, 2005. was born in the Pinpoint community near Savannah, Georgia on June 23, 1948.

The chief justice of the United States is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of the United States and is the highest-ranking officer of the U.S. federal judiciary.

Five individuals, who were confirmed for associate justice, were later appointed chief justice separately: John Rutledge, [a] Edward Douglass White, [b] Charles Evans Hughes, [a] Harlan F. Stone [b] and William Rehnquist. [b] While listed twice, each of them has been assigned only one index number. The justices of the Supreme Court are: [9] [10]

Nine Justices make up the current Supreme Court: one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices. The Honorable John G. Roberts, Jr., is the 17th Chief Justice of the United States, and there have been 104 Associate Justices in the Court’s history.

John Glover Roberts Jr. (born January 27, 1955) is an American jurist serving since 2005 as the 17th chief justice of the United States.

Jan 5, 2025 · Chief justice, the presiding judge in the Supreme Court of the United States and the highest judicial officer of the nation. The chief justice is appointed by the president of the United States with the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate and has life tenure.

The Chief Justice of the United States is the senior judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. They have no more powers than any of the other judges of the Supreme Court, who are called Associate Justices.

Oct 24, 2012 · Chief Justice Rutledge is included because he took his oaths, presided over the August Term of 1795, and his name appears on two opinions of the Court for that Term.

Profiles documenting the personal background, plus nomination and confirmation dates of all current United States Supreme Court justices. The Chief Justice: John G Roberts, Jr.

The U.S. Supreme Court consists of a Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to life terms.