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We're joined now by ABC's chief justice correspondent Pierre Thomas.
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ABC News, 13 July 2025
The seven justices now vote on a chief justice every two years.
—Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
Ten days at half-staff after the death of the vice president, the chief justice or a retired chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, or the speaker of the House of Representatives.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Legal experts speculated that the 4-to-4 tie likely resulted from the chief justice joining Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
—Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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ABC News, 13 July 2025
The seven justices now vote on a chief justice every two years.
—Mary Spicuzza, jsonline.com, 8 July 2025
Ten days at half-staff after the death of the vice president, the chief justice or a retired chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, or the speaker of the House of Representatives.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Legal experts speculated that the 4-to-4 tie likely resulted from the chief justice joining Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
—Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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“Chief justice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20justice. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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