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U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court Bldg.
1 First St. NE
Washington, DC 20543
(202) 479-3000

U.S. Supreme Court Website

The Supreme Court website provides oral argument schedule on month-by-month basis. Transcripts of oral arguments are posted the same day an argument is heard.

Clerk: Scott Harris
(202) 479-3000 (switchboard)
(202) 479-3011 (clerk's office)
(202) 479-3211 (public information office)
(202) 479-3360 (opinion announcements)

Chief Justice
John G. Roberts Jr., Maryland  (Bush 2)

Associate Justices (listed in order of seniority)
Clarence Thomas, Georgia (Bush 1)
Samuel A. Alito, Jr., New Jersey (Bush 2) 
Sonia Sotomayor, New York (Obama) 
Elena Kagan, Massachusetts (Obama)
Neil M. Gorsuch, Colorado (Trump)
Brett M. Kavanaugh, Maryland (Trump)
Amy Coney Barrett, Indiana (Trump)
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Dist. of Col. (Biden)

Living Retired Justices:
David Souter (Bush 1)
Anthony Kennedy (Reagan)
Stephen G. Breyer (Clinton)

For biographical information on Supreme Court justices and other sitting federal appellate and district judges, click here. 

For biographical information on federal appellate and district court nominees, see Bios of Judicial Nominees section of Nation's Courts Online.

Jurisdiction:
The U.S. Constitution provides that the U.S. Supreme Court is to exercise original jurisdiction in such matters as those in which a State is a party and those involving foreign ambassadors, and that the Court's appellate jurisdiction is subject to regulation by Congress. Congress has authorized the Court to, among other things, review decisions of the lower Federal courts and the highest courts of the States.

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