The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
By: by Heather DeJohn.
Series: America's leaders
Publisher: Blackbirch Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: San Diego, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees -- Juvenile literature.; United States. Supreme Court -- Officials and employees.; Judges -- United States -- Juvenile literature.; Judges.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Takes a thorough look at the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, including the history of the office, how the work relates to that of other government offices, and how Chief Justices have handled crises.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
Table of contents: title: The leader of the Supreme Court; title: What the Constitution says; title: Becoming Chief Justice; title: Responsibilities of the Chief Justice; title: The courtroom hearing; title: After the sitting; title: Where does the Chief Justice work?; title: A Chief Justice's day; title: A time of crisis.