Supreme Court of the United States

2017 Each year the United States Supreme Court is requested to take on nearly seven-thousand court cases, but are only able to accept approximately eighty. This statistic is an evident indication of how important the Supreme Court truly is. As the head of the judicial branch, this major court not only makes the final decisions on high level cases, but also has to answer to those who oppose the decisions that they have agreed upon. Also because the Supreme Court is the highest court, it is in…

bench of the United States Supreme Court make their respective decisions on a case, they are faced with two outcomes. The first is that they can decide to overturn a decision from a lower court, deem a federal law unconstitutional, or nullify other federal or state statute. When the Supreme Court changes previous statute or overturns a previous court decision, it is judicial activism. But when the Supreme Court decides to uphold precedent, upholding laws passed by Congress or state legislatures,…

Landmark Decisions of the Supreme Court Since the late 1700s, the Supreme Court has been operating as the highest federal court in the United States of America. “Defined by Article III, Section I of the Constitution, the Supreme Court operates under nine Justices, who are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Each Justice holds office for life as long as they are well behaved,” (“Supreme Court Procedures”) The Supreme Court functions by deciding what case to choose,…

formally titled "An Act to Establish the Judicial Courts of the United States," was set apart into law by President George Washington on September 24, 1789. Article III of the Constitution set up a Supreme Court, be that as it may, left to Congress the ability to make lower government courts as required. For the most part composed by Senator Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut, the Judiciary Act of 1789 set up the structure and ward of the administration court system and made the position of legal…

watching those in the black robes approach their place on the bench. “You may all be seated,” and the congregation lets out a united, silent sigh. This is where it begins. This room is one of the most sacred and highly honored rooms in the United States; it is the trial courtroom for the United States Supreme Court. Very few cases make it to this place, as the high court is selective in its decisions. This room is supposed to be a place of honesty and fair judgment for the betterment of the…

justice of the peace, Marbury petitioned the Supreme Court for a “Writ of Mandamus” under the…

The United States Supreme Court has been a topic of controversy on several cases, during the last several decades in our country. If we look back in time, history shows us that the US Supreme Court has made several big mistakes in the ways they handled several federal court rulings. In the year 1944, just briefly after the battles and war between the United States and Japan, the Supreme Court ruled a law that would be considered immoral, and racial profiling in the present time. The Korematsu v…

new courts at different levels of jurisdiction; including trial, appellate, and supreme court levels. They assigned particular duties and responsibilities to each level of court, from regulating ordinances and city laws to handling minor disputes like property and divorce. One especially important model that was adapted for use in state courts was the New York State Field Code of 1848. This code clarified jurisdictional claims of different issues and gave specifics in the matter of court…

On June 26, 2015 the United States Justices decided on a pivotal case in American history. In a close 5-4 vote the Justices deemed that same-sex marriage was constitutional via the 14th amendment. The Obergefell et al. v. Hodges case was the finality of a slow evolving progression for same-sex marriage (Obergefell v. Hodges). This landmark decision allowed same-sex marriage to be legal in the United States. After this decision same-sex couples rushed to their nearest marriage clerk to solidify…

Branch, also known as the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is dysfunctional because our Supreme Court justices have let their own political and personal opinion influence their decision. This influence has paralyzed them from being able to do their jobs properly. To understand how the Supreme Court has become dysfunctional we must first look at what the Supreme Court was set up to do. The Supreme Court is the most powerful court in the United States. The Supreme Court Justices are appointed by…