Question: Who appoints the chief justice of the supreme court?
Disambiguated questions and answers: question: Who appoints the chief justice of the supreme court in the US?
Who appoints the chief justice of the supreme court in canada?
Who appoints the chief justice of the supreme court in the Philippines?
Who appoints the chief justice of the supreme court in  Nigeria?
Who appoints the chief justice of the supreme court in Kenya?
answer: president of the United States
Governor General-in-Council
president of the Philippines
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
President
Natural Questions answer: nominated by the president
confirmed by the Senate (from the Wikipedia article "Chief Justice of the United States")