The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court in the United States of America. It consists of a Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices, who are appointed by the President with the "advice and consent" of the Senate. Justices of the Supreme Court serve for life.
The Supreme Court is the only court established by the United States Constitution; all other federal courts are created by Congress. It holds both original and appellate jurisdiction, but the latter is by far used more often. Like other federal courts, the Supreme Court may exercise the power of judicial review, or the power to declare federal or state laws, as well as the actions of federal and state executives, unconstitutional. The decisions of the Supreme Court may not be appealed to any other body; as Justice Robert H. Jackson once famously remarked, "We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final."
The Supreme Court meets in Washington, D.C., in the U.S. Supreme Court building. The court is sometimes known by the acronyms SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) and USSC (United States Supreme Court).
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