the first chief of justice of the u.s. supreme court was???
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the first chief of justice was John Jay.
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hurray for Scalia. About time some common sense came to the court. Hope we can get alot more like him in there.  Get back to following the constitution and not the whim of justices like Briar and Ginsburg.
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The First President of the United States of America was George Washington.
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The following justices:\n\nO'CONNOR\nSCALIA\nREHNQUIST \nKENNEDY \nTHOMAS\nSTEVENS\nGINSBURG\nSOUTER\nBREYER\n\nClick here for an overview: http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/search/display.html?terms=adarand%20v.%20pena%20&url=/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0515_0200_ZS.html
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The new Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court is John Roberts.
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I dont think so, but he eventually became chief justice of the supreme court...he never really wanted to be president, however his bid for election for a second term was disrupted by his predecessor and the bull-moose party
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America  = John Roberts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States\nCanada = Beverley McLachlin  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_%28Canada%29
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It really depends.  A John Hanson was elected President under the Articles of Confederation.  George Washington was elected President under the new Constitution that was drafted years later.   Washington himself called Hanson the President of the United States.  So yes a man named Hanson was indeed the first President of the United States.
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1.William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice\n2.Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice\n3.Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice\n4.John Paul Stevens, Associate Justice\n5.Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice\n6.Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice\n7.Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice\n8.David Hackett Souter, Associate Justice\n9.Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice
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John Glover Roberts, Jr. is the seventeenth and current Chief Justice of the United States.  His prior position was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
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Judge Advocate General\n\n"In 1775, the Continental Congress enacted the Articles of Conduct, governing the ships and men of the Continental Navy. However, soon thereafter, all of these ships were sold and the Navy and Marine Corps were disbanded. In July 1797, Congress, after authorizing construction of six ships, enacted the Rules for Regulation of the Navy as a temporary measure. Then, in 1800, Congress enacted a more sophisticated code adopted directly from the British Naval Code of 1749. There was little or no need for lawyers to interpret these simple codes, nor was there a need for lawyers in the uncomplicated administration of the Navy prior to the Civil War . \n\nDuring the Civil War, however, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles named a young assistant U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia to present the government's case in complicated courts-martial. Without any statutory authority, Secretary Welles gave Wilson the title of "Solicitor of the Navy Department," making him the first House Counsel to the United States Navy. \n\nBy the Act of March 2, 1865, Congress authorized "the President to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for service during the rebellion and one year thereafter, an officer of the Navy Department to be called the 'Solicitor and Naval Judge Advocate General.'" Congress maintained the billet on a year-to-year basis by amendments to the Naval Appropriations Acts. In 1870, Congress transferred the billet to a newly established Justice Department with the title of Naval Solicitor. \n\nColonel William Butler Remey, USMC, was the first uniformed chief legal officer of the Navy, in 1878. Colonel Remey was able to convince Congress that the Navy Department needed a permanent uniformed Judge Advocate General and that Naval law was so unique that it was better to appoint a line officer of the Navy or Marine Corps. The bill to create the billet of Judge Advocate General of the Navy was signed in 1880.  \nThe Naval Appropriations Act of 1918, elevated the billets of Navy Bureau Chiefs and Judge Advocate General to Rear Admiral, and in July 1918, Captain George Ramsey Clark was appointed as the first Judge Advocate General to hold the rank of Rear Admiral. In 1947, the Navy created a "law specialist" program to allow line officers restricted duty to perform legal services. \n\nBy the Act of May 5, 1950, Congress required that the Judge Advocate General be a lawyer. The Act required each Judge Advocate General of any service be a member of the bar with not less than eight years of legal duties as a commissioned officer. The Act also enacted the first Uniform Code of Military Justice. \n\nBy 1967, the Navy had 20 years of experience with the law specialists program. There was, however, increasing pressure to create a separate corps of lawyers. That year, Congress decided to establish the Judge Advocate General's Corps within the Department of the Navy. The legislation was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on December 8, 1967, and ensured Navy lawyer's status as members of a distinct professional group within the Navy, similar to physicians and chaplains. \n\nToday the Judge Advocate General directs a worldwide organization of more than 730 judge advocates, 30 Limited duty Officers (law), 630 enlisted and nearly 275 civilian personnel. The JAG provides legal and policy advice to the Secretary of the Navy in all legal matters concerning military justice, administrative law, environmental law, ethics, claims, admiralty, operational and international law, litigation and legal assistance."
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Marbury v. Madison set a precedent of judicial review in 1803.  Marbury sued Madison (then Sec. of State under Thomas Jefferson) for not delivering his court appointment papers.  Marbury was one of the "Midnight Judges" that President John Adams was assigning to a federal court before the Federalists lost power. Marbury wanted the Supreme Court to issue a "writ of mandemus" (order Madison to do something) for Madison to deliver his conscription.  John Marshall (Chief Justice presiding over the case) wrote the option for the case. The case established judicial review (ability to declare a law unconstitutional) by declaring the writ of mandemus law unconstitutional. The case also said that Marbury deserved to have his papers delivered but that it couldn't order Madison to deliver them.
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Actually, this is not George Washington. He was the first under the current constitution. However, there were 7 before him under the Articles of Confederation (they had the title: President of the United States in Congress Assembled). The first was John Hanson from November 5, 1781 until November 3, 1782. Under the articles, these guys had very little power, so we don't hear much about them.
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Article 3 of the Constitution determines there is to be a Supreme Court, however, it leaves the number of justices up to Congress.  The Judiciary Act of the 1789 created one Chief Justice and 5 Associates, then was gradually increased to a total of 10 in 1863.  Andrew Johnson's administration reduced the number to 7 as vacancies occured, though it never fell to less than 8.  Congress made the number 9 in 1948\n\nSo, in short, yes there was a time there were more than 9 justices.
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An American General who became the first president of the United States of America.\n\nOften called the father of our country.
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VII. John Marshall and Judicial Nationalism \n    A. Marshall most important chief justice in U.S. history (1801-1835) \n        1. Significantly strengthened the Supreme Court in Marbury v. Madison (1803) and other \n            cases. \n        2. His decisions greatly increased power of the federal government over the states. \n            a. Strengthened the union and helped create a stable, nationally uniform environment for \n                business. \n            b. Checked excesses of the popularly elected state legislatures. \n            c. Ironically, his decisions at times hampered democracy at a time when America was \n                become much more democratic during the Jacksonian era.
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Yes, it is important, The U.S. Supreme Justices when they retire or leave or die are apponted by the President, how do you think John Roberts and Samuel Alito became Supreme Court Justices?\nYes , the president does have power in this area when it involves the appointment of Supreme court justices