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Warren e burger was the first chief justice of supreme court

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This is false!

The first person was actually John Jay.

The Supreme Court was established in 1789. The first was John Jay (1789–1795). There were 17 people that have served as chief justice. The current chief justice is John Roberts (since 2005).

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