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After the federal government moved to Washington, D.C., in 1800, the court had no permanent meeting location until 1810. When the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe had the second U.S. Senate chamber built directly on top of the first U.S. Senate chamber, the Supreme Court took up residence in what is now referred to as the Old Supreme Court Chamber from 1810 through 1860. [6]
But the Supreme Court’s conservatives have distanced themselves from that decision in recent years, most notably in a 2020 decision involving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In that ...
The US Supreme Court Building is seen on Capitol Hill on February 12, 2025, in Washington, DC. - Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, 116 people have served on the Court. The length of service on the Court for the 107 non-incumbent justices ranges from William O. Douglas's 36 years, 209 days to John Rutledge's 1 year, 18 days as associate justice and, separated by a period of years off the Court, his 138 days as chief justice.
The Supreme Court in a 1976 decision defined "officer of the U.S." as a presidential appointee "exercising significant authority pursuant to the laws of the U.S." ... (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Upon graduating from Harvard Law School, Scotten served as a law clerk for Brett Kavanaugh, then a judge of the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit before Kavanaugh's elevation to the U.S. Supreme Court. Scotten subsequently clerked for another conservative jurist, Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court. [4] [5] [6]
Aggie Whelan Kenny is a courtroom artist known for her work on covering the Supreme Court of the United States and trials including James Earl Ray, David Berkowitz, and Jerry Sandusky. [32] [33] [34] Kenny received an Emmy for her work for the CBS Evening News on the trials of John N. Mitchell and Maurice Stans. [35]