Supreme Court Rules, Practices, and Traditions

The Term

When did the Court originally begin its new terms?

The Judiciary Act of 1789 provided that the Court’s terms shall begin “the first Monday of February” and “the first Monday of August.” The first meeting of the Court occurred on February 2, 1790.

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