[Graybeard58]

I wanted to see Scalia as Chief but I don't always get what I want.

With that said, I am wondering here in almost complete ignorance. What duties and responsibilities does the Chief have that the other Justices don't?

[Mount Athos]

IF the chief justice is on the majority vote side, he can either write the opinion himself or decide who gets to write it. There was one long service chief who frequently switched sides when he was losing just so he could write the opinion himself.

The chief also sets the weekly agenda at meetings that decide which cases are to be heard. It doesn't sound like much but in practice it can really influence the direction of the court. He has considerable influence over which cases are heard, but technically each justice has equal vote in it.

The Chief justice presides over impeachments and swears in the president.

[THE MODERATE]

Not alot, the only difference I know of is the Chief can decided who gets to write the majority opinion, usually it is the most senior justice who does, but some time the Chief can overrule that and let one of the more junior justice do it. In Roe V Wade Chief Justice Berger who voted for Roe V Wade allowed his friend from Minn, I forget his name, to write the opinion in spite of the fact that he was a junior justice.