justices
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The court shrank to eight justices before President Ulysses S. Grant signed the 1869 act.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
As the country expanded westward, Congress created new circuits, along with new justices to hear cases in those circuits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Article III establishes “one Supreme Court,” and Article I mentions “the Chief Justice,” but otherwise the Constitution leaves to Congress the authority to establish the structure of the federal judiciary, including the number of justices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The last time the justices heard a case filed by a petitioner without a lawyer was in 2021, when the court took an appeal from William Wooden, a prisoner challenging burglary convictions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
By the end of the decade, some justices had become openly critical of the review that death penalty cases received.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
