Talk:Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

message: "Their number, determined by an act of Congress, is currently eight [...]." Which act? What is the name of the act? When was the number of Associate Justices changed? 2004-12-29T22:45Z July 9, 2005 06:51 (UTC)
"The Supreme Court of the United States shall consist of a Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices, any six of whom shall constitute a quorum." 28 U.S.C. § 1.  This section was last amended June 25th 1948.  --Cooleymd 23:19, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Mag proposed a separate article on the "good behaviour" phrase. It's an interesting idea. I think there may be enough information out there that the subject is notable. Perhaps Vox would like to start it when his block expires (which is soon, if it hasn't happened already) Non Curat Lex (talk) 23:38, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: A separate article on the "good behaviour"

message: The discussion on this talk page is becoming lengthy and should soon be archived, no later than the end of the month. I think it would be a good idea to summarize the point counterpoint here though, to give continuing notice of the issue of a question as to the content. Non Curat Lex (talk) 11:35, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Summary 

message: Removed.....  need citation
Contrary to popular belief, a Justice who steps down from the Court continues to be a member of it. 
Roadrunner (talk) 09:35, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Retired justice 

message: There's a question about whether the associate justices of the USSC can be said to occupy numbered seats, with one justice succeeding another, or if they are all simply undifferentiated seats. See Talk:John Paul Stevens#Why Preceded and succeeded by ? and Talk:List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by seat (same questioner). Any informed opinions would be helpful.   Will Beback  talk   19:32, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Scalia seems to think so. See my reply in Supreme Court talk page for the citation and reference. Magidin (talk) 19:45, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Seats on the U.S. Supreme Court

message: This article says Johnson wad confirmed on November 7, but the Oyez website says November 6. Is there a source for 7th or should we change it? Richard75 (talk) 12:42, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thomas Johnson 

message: Associate Justices tenures end in only 3 ways - 1) death, 2) resignation or 3) impeachment/conviction. There's no mandatory retirement. As for those who became Chief Justice (see Rehnquist)? they too had to resign as an Associate Justice, immediately upon becoming Chief Justice. Otherwise, one would be holding both seats concurrently. GoodDay (talk) 13:49, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Why do you believe that retirement is synonymous with "mandatory retirement"? The Judiciary Act provides for retirement of Justices who have served for a certain length of time, and upon that retirement they assume "Senior Status", which is considered to be an end of their tenure at the Court. Those who are elevated do in fact resign from their old position, but for instance Justices O'Connor, Stevens, and Souter have retired and assumed senior status; they did not resign. For instance, O'Connor's letter announcing her decision to step down from the bench identifies the action as a "retirement", as you can see in the PDF of the letter that is available here from the Supreme Court itself, and which reads "This is to inform you of my decision to retire from my positions as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, effective upon the nomination and confirmation of my successor." [emphasis added]. She didn't resign, she retired. Magidin (talk) 20:16, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: It's still the same thing, as both require resignation. There's only 3 ways to end a tenure, 1) death, 2) resignation or 3) impeachment/conviction. If there's truly a fourth way? then it should be clarified in the article. GoodDay (talk) 20:47, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The article's introduction now states that "a justice's tenure of office ends only when they die, retire, resign, or are removed from office through the impeachment process." The section Retired associate justices also speaks to this issue. Cheers. Drdpw (talk) 22:36, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Associate Justices don't retire or merely continue as Chief Justice. 

message: The O'Connor picture on the table looks about half as tall as all the other pictures on the table. Any way to fix that? Magidin (talk) 17:00, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I took a look at the image on its commons page; apparently someone uploaded a cropped version of the original photo, but rather than giving it a new file name, simply overrode the previous image. Poor judgement on their part. Drdpw (talk) 18:02, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  Huh. So, we need to upload a new photo with a new file name, or what can we do to fix it? It's rather tacky to have the first woman on the Supreme Court end up with half a picture on the table... Magidin (talk) 18:41, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone uploaded a better version, so I've corrected the link. It looks right at least in my browser now. Magidin (talk) 17:47, 6 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  O'Connor picture 

message: I messed up the edit summary, but basically, as per the Wikipedia Manual of Style on capitalization of titles, "Apply lower case to titles when used to describe a position." You capitalize the title when it is used to stand in for a specific person, and not in general. So for example, "The chief justice's duties are" is not capitalized because the use is generic, but "The Chief Justice's opinion in U.S. v. Nixon" would be capitalized because the title is used to stand in for Warren Burger. Magidin (talk) 16:20, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capitalization 

message: In Appointment and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States, the list includes ten recess appointments as Associate Justice. In addition to the eight already marked in this page (Johnson, Bushrod Washington, Thompson, Woodbury, Curtis, Davis, Brennan, and Stewart), the list of recess appointments there also includes Henry Brockholst Livingston and John McKinley. If they were initially recess appointments, this should be marked here. If they were not, then they need to be removed from the list in the other page. Magidin (talk) 15:37, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks Magidin for pointing out the discrepancy, Livingston and McKinley are now noted as being recess appointees. Cheers. Drdpw (talk) 17:42, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recess Appointments 

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message: I just noticed today that the final paragraph on the section stated that both Souter and O'Connor sit in lower courts on occasion. I'm pretty sure Souter still does, but O'Connor certainly does not: not only did she not hire a clerk following the 2015 term, but her announcement in October 2018 that she was retiring from public life after a diagnosis of early stages of dementia certainly puts an end to that. I edited; the phrasing is a bit awkward right now; if someone wants to edit it, or figure out when her last case was, that would be great. Magidin (talk) 22:17, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Retired justices serving in lower courts; O'Connor does not do so any more 

message: Given that the Supreme Court is comprised of 1 Chief Justice and 8 Associate Justices for a total of 9, why are there justices, such as Clarence Thomas, listed as occupying the 10th seat? 2601:44:8680:5E00:F412:7B18:742B:8939 (talk) 02:24, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Because Thomas replaced the Judge that was in the 10th seat. After the Judicial Circuits Act, the 5th and 7th seat is vacant. You can see the full history at List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by seat Q T C 02:33, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you. 2601:44:8680:5E00:F412:7B18:742B:8939 (talk) 02:36, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  10th seat?