Political question (non-controversial)

[tigertoy]

The current political news has me wondering about something:  What is the real significance of the position of Chief Justice, avove being a vote on the Supereme Court?  What power does the Chief specifically have, that we should be more worried about who is nominated to that chair than to any other slot on the Court?

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Re: Political question (non-controversial)

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

too busy to write, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States