Associate Justice is a name for members of the Supreme Court of the United States.
 Retired justices are not, however, authorized to take part in the consideration or decision of any cases before the Supreme Court (unlike other retired federal judges who may be permitted to do so in their former courts); neither are they known or designated as a "senior judge"
 The title was shortened to "Justice" in 1980, a year before Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female justice

