Supreme Court of the United States

of courts was a way of unifying the country. Their intentions were to establish a common, or uniform, set of rules for the whole country. The body of judge-made laws that was developed under the system is still used today, which is known as the common law, applying decisions to similar situations. With newer cases, they relied on precedents in deciding the case. As for the United States, the United Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, sees that precedent are bind on all lower courts.…

Article three created the powers of the Supreme Court, “"The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish." (About the Supreme Court). Not only, is the Supreme Court the only court power to be outlined in the constitution, but it is also the most powerful court in America. Through the powers outlined in the constitution, the court has ruled on cases since the beginning of the…

separation of powers in the United States government is very important to the power distribution of the government. If we were to have a government that is structured on just one person in power, it could be another repeat of Hitlers ruling. With multiple people being in power, it makes sure that no one single person can create an oppressive ruling with unfair laws and punishments. With the separation of power, there are three branches in charge of running the united states; the legislative…

Chief Justice, currently held by John Roberts, is the most important position in the Judicial Branch of the United States because it serves as the head of the United States federal court system and the chief judge of the Supreme Court. As a result of the importance of the position, the Chief Justice has many responsibilities around the government in addition to his duties in the Supreme Court. In order to fully understand the importance of this position, a study of its roles in the federal…

The United States Supreme Judicial Court is the highest court in the country. The SJC is the most important part of the Judiciary Branch of the United States Government. It is one of three branches that make up the Government, the others being the Executive Branch (President) and the Legislative Branch (House of Representatives and the Senate). It rules on very specific federal court cases that come up from the appellate courts from around the country. Unlike the other appellate courts, the…

history of the United States, from the time period of 1857 until 1896, the Supreme Court, a national branch of government designed to interpret the Constitution to decide what is and what isn't constitutional, denied civil rights to Blacks to a great extent. With this denial of civil liberties, life for Blacks became filled with injustice in society, unequal treatment, and poor living conditions. Throughout our history, Blacks have been treated unjustly, and from 1857-1896, the Supreme Court had…

absence of probable cause is valid when one occupant give permission for the search, even if the other occupant objects by siting the case United States v. Matlock, when the United States Supreme Court ruled that the police can obtain consent for a search from a third party, if the third party has common authority over the premises (United States v. Matlock). The Courts have knowledge and understanding that during such instance situations can change quickly and because of this, police officers…

In 1803, Marbury v. Madison was sent to court and the long trial began. Many events had been leading up to the case that would change the United States government forever. Marbury v. Madison proved to be no ordinary case when it increased the powers of the judicial branch. The continuing expansion of the government forced the existence of the case to be debated. It was only a matter of time before the branches would increase in power. The United States’ population had multiplied for many years;…

argument and deciding factor in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2008) was that Citizens United’s First Amendment rights were violated. The Supreme Court is held accountable towards upholding the constitution and upon scrutiny of all relevant rulings, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Citizens United (Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 2008). The procedure of the Supreme Court’s ruling was a series of addressing previous held court precedents, including the…

The United States Supreme Court announced their decision on June 19, 1961. The Supreme Court ruled six to three in favor of Mapp, the Court considered the search a violation of the Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. Chief Justice Warren and Justices Clark, Black, Douglas, Brennan and Stewart agreed the police abused their power against Mapp’s will. Moreover, the Supreme Court applied the exclusionary rule to the case, which means evidence obtained illegally can’t be used in court. The…