Who is the current Chief Justice of the United States?

THE chief justice of the United States is the highest-ranking officer of the US federal judiciary and of the Supreme Court.

Nine justices make up the current Supreme Court of the US, one chief justice and eight associate justices.

Who is the current Chief Justice of the United States?

The Honorable John G Roberts Jr, is the 17th Chief Justice of the .

The chief justice has significant influence in the selection of cases for review, presides when oral arguments are held and leads the discussion of cases among the justices.

Roberts has held the chief justice post since 2005, and authored the majority opinion in several landmark cases, including Shelby County v. Holder, King v. Burwell, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius and Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California.

Roberts presided over the first of  in early 2020, however, he declined to preside over the second impeachment trial of Trump.