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The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court of the United States. Established pursuant to Article III of the United States Constitution in 1789, it has ultimate (and largely discretionary) appellate jurisdiction over all federal courts and over state court cases involving issues of federal law, plus original jurisdiction over a small range of cases. In the legal system of the United States, the Supreme Court is the final interpreter of federal constitutional law, although it may only act within the context of a case in which it has jurisdiction.The Court normally consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Once appointed, justices have life tenure unless they resign, retire, or are removed after impeachment (though no justice has ever been removed). In modern discourse, the justices are often categorized as having conservative, moderate, or liberal philosophies of law and of judicial interpretation. Each justice has one vote, and while many cases are decided unanimously, the highest profile cases often expose ideological beliefs that track with those philosophical or political categories. The Court meets in the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.

The H. Carl Moultrie Courthouse is a courthouse of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia located at 500 Indiana Avenue NW, in the Judiciary Square neighborhood of Washington, D.C.HistoryIt was named after former Chief Judge H. Carl Moultrie I. Judge Moultrie was appointed an associate judge in 1972 and chief judge on June 22, 1978. He remained chief judge until he died on April 9, 1986.In August 1978, heavy rain resulted in a roof leak because the roof drains could not handle the volume of rainwater.

The E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse is a historic building in Washington, D.C. It was built in 1949–50 and currently houses the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.SignificanceThe courthouse is one of the last buildings constructed in the Judiciary Square and Municipal Center complex, an important civic enclave since the 1820s. It constitutes an almost entirely unaltered example of early 1950s Stripped Classicism, a non-representational abstraction of the classical style that permeated institutional (especially government) architecture after the Second World War. President Harry S. Truman laid the cornerstone on June 27, 1950, and the building opened in November 1952. It was listed by the National Register of Historic Places. and is a contributing property to the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site. It was renamed in 1997 in honor of E. Barrett Prettyman, the former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.Architectural descriptionThe courthouse was built on Reservation 10, a site bounded by Constitution Avenue, Third Street, C Street and John Marshall Place. The building faces south across Constitution Avenue towards the Mall, and was erected on the northwest quadrant of its site. This placement accommodated driveways along the south and west facades, and along with the subsequent plazas and landscaping, provided a buffer between the colonnades of the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse and the verdant Mall, onto which it opened before I.M Pei's 1970 addition to the National Gallery.

The United States Tax Court is a federal trial court of record established by Congress under Article I of the U.S. Constitution, section 8 of which provides that the Congress has the power to \"constitute Tribunals inferior to the supreme Court\". The Tax Court specializes in adjudicating disputes over federal income tax, generally prior to the time at which formal tax assessments are made by the Internal Revenue Service. Though taxpayers may choose to litigate tax matters in a variety of legal settings, outside of bankruptcy, the Tax Court is the only forum in which taxpayers may do so without having first paid the disputed tax in full. Parties who contest the imposition of a tax may also bring an action in any United States District Court, or in the United States Court of Federal Claims; however these venues require that the tax be paid first, and that the party then file a lawsuit to recover the contested amount paid. Tax Court judges are appointed for a term of 15 years, subject to presidential removal for \"inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office....\"

Tối cao Pháp viện Hoa Kỳ là toà án liên bang cao nhất tại Hoa Kỳ, có thẩm quyền tối hậu trong việc giải thích Hiến pháp Hoa Kỳ, và có tiếng nói quyết định trong các tranh tụng về luật liên bang, cùng với quyền tài phán chung thẩm .Là định chế quyền lực cao nhất của nhánh tư pháp trong Chính phủ Hoa Kỳ, Tối cao Pháp viện là tòa án duy nhất được thiết lập bởi Hiến pháp. Tất cả tòa án liên bang khác được thành lập bởi quốc hội. Thẩm phán tòa tối cao được bổ nhiệm trọn đời bởi tổng thống và được phê chuẩn bởi Thượng viện. Một trong chín thẩm phán được chọn để trở nên Chủ tịch Pháp viện hay Chánh Án .Cơ cấu và quyền lựcĐiều III của Hiến pháp Hoa Kỳ quy định những trường hợp được đưa ra xét xử trước toà tối cao cũng như nhiệm kỳ của thẩm phán toà tối cao. Khoản I viết "Quyền tài phán của Hoa Kỳ được dành cho một toà tối cao", và ấn định nhiệm kỳ trọn đời cho các thẩm phán của toà án này, "trong khi họ có tư cách tốt" (nghĩa là các thẩm phán có thể bị luận tội nhưng không thể bị cách chức vì các lý do khác), và lương bổng của họ cũng không bị cắt giảm khi đang nhiệm chức. Những quy định này của Hiến pháp là nhằm bảo vệ tính độc lập của các thẩm phán khi đưa ra các phán quyết.Điều III dành cho toà tối cao quyền xét xử tất các vụ án liên quan đến luật pháp và luật bất thành văn theo hiến pháp, các luật của Hoa Kỳ và các hiệp ước; tất cả vụ án liên quan đến các đại sứ, bộ trưởng và các lãnh sự; tất cả vụ án về các vùng biển; các vụ tranh chấp mà Hoa Kỳ là một bên; các tranh tụng giữa hai hay nhiều tiểu bang; giữa một tiểu bang và các công dân thuộc các tiểu bang khác...

In 1991, the Society began to record and transcribe the oral histories of judges, attorneys, and others who have played key roles in the Circuit's history. To date, 67 oral histories have been completed, and most are available in the Library of Congress, in the Library of the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse, and in the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Many of the oral histories can be accessed from our website.

The Hiram W. Johnson House, also known as Mountjoy Bayly House, Chaplains Memorial Building or Parkington, is an historic house, located at 122 Maryland Avenue, Northeast, Washington, D.C., in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.HistoryIt was constructed in 1822, a combination of Federal and Second Empire architecture. It was the residence of the second Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, General Mountjoy Bayly. From 1929 until 1947, it was the residence of Senator Hiram Johnson, a former governor of California and a founder of the Progressive Party.It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976, and contributing property to the Capitol Hill Historic District.The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) owned the building. It was leased to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.