Listed below are the current Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. Click on the Justice's name for a short biography. John G. Roberts-Chief Justice of the United States.
post / pÉÊst / n. a length of wood, metal, etc, fixed upright in the ground to serve as a support, marker, point of attachment, etc; either of two upright poles marking the beginning (starting post) and end (winning post) of a racecourse; the finish of a horse race; vb (transitive) (sometimes followed by up) to fasten or put up (a notice) in a public place
mail system, c.1500, riders and horses posted at intervals, from post (n.2) on notion of riders and horses posted at intervals along a route to speed mail in relays, probably formed on model of Middle French poste in this sense (late 15c.). Meaning system for carrying mail is from 1660s.