tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post112592881685634810..comments2024-03-17T10:40:52.762-05:00Comments on The Buck Stops Here: Roberts as ChiefStuart Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731724396708879386noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1126013427417302482005-09-06T08:30:00.000-05:002005-09-06T08:30:00.000-05:00The Chief Justice is a different category than Ass...The Chief Justice is a different category than Associate Justice. It is not a question of anyone being replaced -- it is a question of a President having appointed and a Senate having confirmed one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices. The link below (NOT a site I am associated with) explains it better than I can. <BR/>http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2005/09/is_a_new_nomina.htmlnkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060554734576700517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3152270.post-1125941205529621692005-09-05T12:26:00.000-05:002005-09-05T12:26:00.000-05:00The back of my Con Law book has a list of all Supr...The back of my Con Law book has a list of all Supreme Court justices, tracked by their seat "number." It treats a promotion from associate to chief as the removal from that associates seat and replacement of the chief's slot. So Rehnquist, who held the (presumably historical) 8 spot moved to the 1 seat in 1986.<BR/><BR/>This is not, of course, a constitutional thing, but conceptually it makes sense.Dylanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797724106475435737noreply@blogger.com