美国联邦最高法院是由九名高龄律师组成的机构。现任九位法官都没有经过民选担任过公职,其中大多数人缺少司法前的实际公共生活经历。九位中有四位是由那位因避免弹劾而辞职的总统任命的,有一位是由另一位未通过民选而掌握行政权的总统任命的。像他们的前任在过去一百七十五年所做的那样,他们在合众国的历史上作了一些最重要的政治决策。他们通过行使宪法解释权,对国家政策施加了举足轻重 The United States Supreme Court is a body of nine senior lawyers. None of the current nine judges held elected public office, most of whom lacked the actual public life experience before the administration of justice. Four of the nine were appointed by the president who resigned because of the impeachment of impeachment, and one was appointed by another president who did not hold the presidency through popular election. As their predecessor did in the past one hundred and seventy-five, they made some of the most significant political decisions in the history of the United States. By exercising the power of constitutional interpretation, they exert a decisive influence on national policies