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Wikipedia portals: Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Natural sciences People Philosophy Religion Society Technology edit   Supreme Court of the United States Portal U.S. Supreme Court building The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the judicial branch of the United States federal government. The Justices are nominated by the President and confirmed with the "advice and consent" of the Senate. They are appointed to serve "during good behavior," which means for life, and leave office only upon death, retirement, resignation, or impeachment and subsequent conviction. The Supreme Court holds both original and appellate jurisdiction, with its appellate jurisdiction accounting for most of the Court's caseload. The Supreme Court meets in Washington, D.C., in the United States Supreme Court building. The Court's yearly terms usually start on the first Monday in October and finish sometime during the following June or July. Each term consists of alternating two week intervals. During the first interval, the court is in session and hears cases, and during the second interval, the court is recessed to consider and write opinions on cases they have heard. More about the Supreme Court of the United States... edit   Selected article Gun violence in the United States is associated with the majority of homicides and over half the suicides. It is a significant public concern, especially in urban areas and in conjunction with youth activity and gang violence. Gun violence is not new in the United States, with the assassinations of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, and of Presidents James Garfield, William McKinley (McKinley assassination pictured), and John F. Kennedy. High profile gun violence incidents, such as the assassinations of Robert F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr., and, more recently, the Virginia Tech massacre, the Columbine High School massacre and the Beltway sniper attacks, have fueled debate over gun policies. Many suffer non-fatal gunshot wounds, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimating 52,447 violence-related and 23,237 accidental gunshot injuries in the United States during 2000. The majority of gun-related deaths in the United States are suicides, with firearms used in 16,907 suicides in the United States during 2004. Gun policy in the United States is highly influenced by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits infringement of "the right of the People to keep and bear arms." edit   Selected picture Roberts Court, Supreme Court as of January 2006, before the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor. Top row (left to right): Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, and Stephen Breyer. Bottom row (left to right): Antonin Scalia, John Paul Stevens, John Roberts, Sandra Day O'Connor, and Anthony Kennedy. edit   In this month February 5, 1869  – Argument in Texas v. White; the Court held that Texas (pictured) (and the rest of the Confederacy) never left the Union during the Civil War, because a state cannot unilaterally secede from the United States. February 18, 1988  – Beginning of tenure of Anthony Kennedy as an Associate Justice on the Court February 22, 1965  – Death of Felix Frankfurter, an Associate Justice on the Court from 1939 to 1962 February 24, 1803  – Decision in Marbury v. Madison, which formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution. More anniversaries... edit   Did you know... ... that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Kissinger v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press that Henry Kissinger (pictured) did not have to release phone transcripts that were made while he was Secretary of State? ... that in Berghuis v. Thompkins the Supreme Court ruled that failing to claim the right to silence means police can use any voluntary statements regardless of length of interrogation? ... that United Public Workers v. Mitchell (1947) is the only Supreme Court decision prior to 1965 to address the meaning of the Ninth and Tenth amendments substantively? edit   Selected biography James Clark McReynolds (1862 – 1946) was an American lawyer and judge who served both as United States Attorney General under President Woodrow Wilson and as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He served on the Court from October 12, 1914 to his retirement on January 31, 1941, and was known for his conservative opinions opposing much of President Franklin D. 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