Associate Justices of the Supreme Court

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group of officeholders judicial office public office

Associate Justices of the Supreme Court are the non-chief members of the U.S. Supreme Court who, alongside the Chief Justice, hear and decide the Court’s cases.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States	14
Supreme Court justices	2
United States Supreme Court justices	2
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court canonical	1
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States	1
Associate Justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court	1
U.S. Supreme Court justices	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T58528 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
Context triple: [Chief Justice of the United States, precedenceOver, Associate Justices of the Supreme Court]

A. Chief Justice of the United States
The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the federal judiciary and the Supreme Court, presiding over its proceedings and holding significant ceremonial and administrative responsibilities within the U.S. government.
B. Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court in the U.S. judiciary, serving as the final arbiter of constitutional and federal law.
C. Supreme Court and lower courts
The Supreme Court and lower courts in Japan together constitute the nation’s independent judiciary, responsible for interpreting the constitution, applying laws, and resolving legal disputes.
D. Supreme Court Police
The Supreme Court Police is a federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting the Supreme Court of the United States, its justices, staff, visitors, and facilities.
E. United States courts of appeals
The United States courts of appeals are the federal intermediate appellate courts that review decisions from district courts and federal agencies before potential review by the Supreme Court.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
Target entity description: Associate Justices of the Supreme Court are the non-chief members of the U.S. Supreme Court who, alongside the Chief Justice, hear and decide the Court’s cases.

A. Chief Justice of the United States
The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the federal judiciary and the Supreme Court, presiding over its proceedings and holding significant ceremonial and administrative responsibilities within the U.S. government.
B. Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court in the U.S. judiciary, serving as the final arbiter of constitutional and federal law.
C. Supreme Court and lower courts
The Supreme Court and lower courts in Japan together constitute the nation’s independent judiciary, responsible for interpreting the constitution, applying laws, and resolving legal disputes.
D. Supreme Court Police
The Supreme Court Police is a federal law enforcement agency responsible for protecting the Supreme Court of the United States, its justices, staff, visitors, and facilities.
E. United States courts of appeals
The United States courts of appeals are the federal intermediate appellate courts that review decisions from district courts and federal agencies before potential review by the Supreme Court.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	group of officeholders ⓘ judicial office ⓘ public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	federal government of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States government
appointedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
appointedForTerm	life tenure ⓘ
appointmentRequiresConsentOf	United States Senate ⓘ
canBeRemovedBy	conviction by the United States Senate ⓘ impeachment by the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
collectiveBody	Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Article III of the United States Constitution ⓘ linked to: Article III
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	Judiciary Act of 1789 ⓘ
currentAssociateJusticesCount	8 ⓘ
currentTotalJustices	9 ⓘ
eligibilityFormalRequirements	no explicit constitutional age, citizenship, or legal training requirements ⓘ
firstOfficeHoldersCount	5 ⓘ
hasMembers	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ linked to: Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
hasNumberOfPositions	8 ⓘ
hasPower	to hear and decide cases and controversies arising under the U.S. Constitution and federal law ⓘ to interpret the Constitution of the United States ⓘ to review certain decisions of state supreme courts ⓘ to review decisions of lower federal courts ⓘ
initialTotalJustices	6 ⓘ
mayAuthor	concurring opinions of the Supreme Court ⓘ dissenting opinions of the Supreme Court ⓘ majority opinions of the Supreme Court ⓘ
memberOf	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
oathRequired	judicial oath prescribed by federal law ⓘ
officeLocation	Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. ⓘ linked to: Supreme Court Building
participatesIn	conference deliberations of the Supreme Court ⓘ oral arguments before the Supreme Court ⓘ voting on the outcome of Supreme Court cases ⓘ
partOf	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
positionHeldInOrganization	judicial branch of the United States ⓘ
relativeAuthorityToChiefJustice	equal vote to the Chief Justice in deciding cases ⓘ
salaryDeterminedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
salaryProtection	cannot be diminished during continuance in office ⓘ
selectionProcess	presidential nomination with Senate advice and consent ⓘ
subordinateTo	Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
termLengthCondition	during good Behaviour ⓘ
typicalBackground	extensive legal experience ⓘ prior judicial service ⓘ
votingPower	one vote per justice ⓘ
workIncludes	deciding whether to grant or deny petitions for writs of certiorari ⓘ drafting and revising judicial opinions ⓘ participating in oral arguments ⓘ reviewing written briefs ⓘ

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Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chief Justice of the United States → precedenceOver → Associate Justices of the Supreme Court ⓘ

Associate Justices of the Supreme Court → hasMembers → Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ