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This is so that the Supreme Court will have its full complement of nine Justices while a successor is found for the chair of Sandra Day O'Connor. O'Connor has stated she will resign once her successor has been confirmed.
O'Connor has made her resignation effective with the confirmation of Roberts as associate justice. If she sticks to that plan and stays on until a new replacement is confirmed and if Roberts is confirmed as chief justice in the next month, the court could get started on its new term with a full contingent of nine.