Chief Justice of the United States

The Chief Justice of the United States / ʧi ː f ʤʌstɪs / ( dt Chief Justice of the United States ) is the nominal head of the Federal Courts of the United States. Its main task is the Chair of the Supreme Court. When decisions of the court, however, he has no higher voting rights than any of his eight colleagues.

In addition, he takes traditionally the President at the inauguration of the oath of office and shall preside over the Senate impeachment against this or the Vice President. Furthermore, he stands before the Court Conference of the United States. The law assigns various other administrative tasks.

The Chief Justice is appointed as all federal judges by the President with the consent of the Senate. Some Chairperson, like William Howard Taft and John Roberts received the office without prior, others, such as William H. Rehnquist after previous activity at the Supreme Court.

Previous Incumbent

  • Chief Justice of the United States
William Rehnquist John Jay George Washington John Rutledge Oliver Ellsworth John Marshall John Adams Roger B. Taney Andrew Jackson Morrison Waite Ulysses S. Grant Melville Fuller Grover Cleveland Edward Douglass White Warren G. Harding Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Earl Warren Dwight D. Eisenhower
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