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Bivens returns as Supreme Court chief justice Justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court unanimously elected Justice Jeff Bivins to serve as chief justice of the court this week.
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Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
Like the chief justice of the Supreme Court, the Fed chair represents just one vote but is also a first among equals who carried outsized influence.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
Grace, a career prosecutor with clerkships under New Jersey’s chief justice and a Third Circuit judge, had already risen to lead the office’s criminal division.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2025
However, an assistant attorney general under Nixon (and later Supreme Court chief justice), William Rehnquist, had drafted a memo claiming that the bombing was justified by—wait for it—the commander-in-chief clause of the Constitution.
—Chris Lehmann, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025
Like the chief justice of the Supreme Court, the Fed chair represents just one vote but is also a first among equals who carried outsized influence.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2025
Grace, a career prosecutor with clerkships under New Jersey’s chief justice and a Third Circuit judge, had already risen to lead the office’s criminal division.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2025
However, an assistant attorney general under Nixon (and later Supreme Court chief justice), William Rehnquist, had drafted a memo claiming that the bombing was justified by—wait for it—the commander-in-chief clause of the Constitution.
—Chris Lehmann, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Chief justice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20justice. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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