how many justices currently serve on the us supreme court
List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States There are currently nine justices serving on the Supreme Court; listed in order of seniority, they are:
Supreme Court of the United States In 1866, at the behest of Chief Justice Chase, Congress passed an act providing that the next three justices to retire would not be replaced, which would thin the bench to seven justices by attrition. Consequently, one seat was removed in 1866 and a second in 1867. In 1869, however, the Circuit Judges Act returned the number of justices to nine,[70] where it has since remained.