<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States . The procedures of the Supreme Court of the United States are governed by the U.S. Constitution, various federal statutes, and the Court's own internal rules . Since 1869, the Court has consisted of one chief justice and eight associate justices . Justices are nominated by the president, and with the advice and consent (confirmation) of the U.S. Senate, appointed to the Court by the president . Once appointed, justices have lifetime tenure unless they resign, retire, or are removed from office . </P> <P> Established pursuant to Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution in 1789, it has original jurisdiction over a small range of cases, such as suits between two or more states, and those involving ambassadors . It also has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all federal court and state court cases that involve a point of constitutional or statutory law . Most of the cases the Supreme Court hears are appeals from lower courts . Moreover, the Court has the power of judicial review, the ability to invalidate a statute for violating a provision of the Constitution or an executive act for being unlawful . However, it may act only within the context of a case in an area of law over which it has jurisdiction . The Court may decide cases having political overtones, but does not have power to decide nonjusticiable political questions . </P> <P> A term of the Supreme Court commences on the first Monday of each October, and continues until June or early July of the following year . Each term consists of alternating periods of approximately two weeks known as "sittings" and "recesses ." Justices hear cases and deliver rulings during sittings; they discuss cases and write opinions during recesses . </P>

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