{"id":734,"date":"2014-02-12T13:07:42","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T21:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=734"},"modified":"2014-02-12T13:09:48","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T21:09:48","slug":"u-s-supreme-court-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=734","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Supreme Court Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SupremeCourtWestPediment-Image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-735 alignleft\" alt=\"SO000740\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SupremeCourtWestPediment-Image-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the Supreme Court&#8217;s first term (1790) it had no docket &amp; made no decisions. When the nation&#8217;s capitol moved to Washington D.C., in 1800 it did not even have a courtroom. Congress provided a small committee room in the basement of the Capitol, where the Court remained until the Civil War.<\/p>\n<p>In 1789, the Chief Justice\u2019s salary was $4,000, while associate justices made $3,500. By 2010, the Chief Justice\u2019s salary had risen to $223,500, with associate justices receiving $213,900.<\/p>\n<p>The youngest Supreme Court appointee was Joseph Story (32). The oldest sitting justice was Oliver Wendell Holmes, who served until he was 90.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Carter is the only president to serve a full term without nominating a Supreme Court justice.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a title=\"Constitutional Facts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constitutionfacts.com\/us-supreme-court\/fascinating-facts\/\">Constitutional Facts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Constitutional Facts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constitutionfacts.com\/us-supreme-court\/fascinating-facts\/\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the Supreme Court&#8217;s first term (1790) it had no docket &amp; made no decisions. 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