However, the long part of the process is waiting for approval and getting your security interview. Do be aware that application approval for this frequent traveler program can take up to 4-6 weeks. Again, remember that you will not be able to communicate with anyone working on your application.
Instead, the task of safeguarding the nine justices falls to the Supreme Court Police, a 125-person force that's also charged with securing the court building and grounds. Though the court has long had security guards, a separate police department wasn't formally created by Congress until 1949.
1 Supreme Court is most powerful and important institution of judicial branch. 2  Constitution does not stipulate the number of justices on the Supreme Court. 3  Today there are 9 Supreme Court justices; in the past the number has changed. 4  Justices (and lower court judges) are appointed, not elected.