Chief Justice
Top bench title
Chief Justice is the title of a specific presiding judge, used with or without the name: Chief Justice Roberts delivered the majority opinion.
In American usage without further specification, it typically means the Chief Justice of the United States, who heads the Supreme Court and presides over presidential impeachment trials in the Senate. (Lowercase chief justice refers to the position generally.)
- Supreme CourtNation's top tribunal
- high courtSuperior judicial body
- confirmation hearingSenate review of appointee
- Senate trialCongressional removal proceeding
- impeachmentCharging officials with misconduct
John Marshall · Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Earl Warren · Thurgood Marshall · oral arguments · dissenting opinion · presiding officer · judicial review · swing vote · legal precedent · separation of powers · judicial branch · constitutional law · federal judiciary · lifetime appointment · nomination · appeals · presidency
- English Lawbarristers, solicitors, solicitor, High Court, Crown Court
- ConstitutionBill of Rights, preamble, articles, U.S. Constitution, Article I
- impeachmentimpeachment, articles of impeachment, impeachment inquiry, high crimes, Senate trial
- Philippine InstitutionsDTI, DOJ, DOE, SSS, PRC
- Kenyan PoliticsNational Assembly, judiciary, executive, legislature, governors
- Canadian JusticesThomas Cromwell