The judicial branch is one of three branches, judicial, executive, and legislative. The judicial branch, or supreme court, is made up of the Supreme court and many other federal courts. The Supreme court is the highest court in the United States. The judges of the Supreme Court are not elected, but appointed and nominated by the president, then they must be approved by the senate, getting at least 51 votes. Congress decides the number of justices, right now there is nine judges in the Supreme Court. They do not serve a specific number of terms, they serve until they die, retire, or are removed. This is stated in Article 3, Section 1 of the Constitution. It states "The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts shall hold their offices during good behaviour..." The current justices are Justice Clarence Thomas, Justice Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Stephen G. Breyer, Justice Samuel A. Alito, and Justice Elena Kagan.