# A Chief Justice two-fer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chief-justice-two-fer/320077>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 4, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chief-justice-two-fer/320077 "2005-09-04T18:56:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chief-justice-two-fer/320077/21 "2005-09-06T15:49:23Z")

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> [@William V.](#):
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> Not to be pedantic… oh, OK, I will. The title is actually “Chief Justice of the United States,” and not of the Supreme Court itself… Just a pet peeve of mine…

Heh. The only Letter to the Editor I’ve ever had published was when I corrected this error in my _law school’s_ newspaper.

–Cliffy

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chief-justice-two-fer/320077/22 "2005-09-06T16:06:51Z")

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I tell you, **Cliffy** , it’s everywhere! I actually have a form letter I tweak and send out from time to time on this very issue. Linda Greenhouse of the _New York Times_ always gets it right; many (most?) of her colleagues in the media don’t.

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