The Supremes

#1 The Supreme Court is an appellate court and the highest court in the United States (Cheeseman, 2013, p. 41). The jurisdiction or legal ability for the Supreme Court to hear a case is established by Article III, Section II of the Constitution of the United States of America (“About,” n.d.). As established by the Constitution, the Supreme Court has both original jurisdiction (legal ability to hear a case) and appellate jurisdiction which means, it can hear appeals from the highest state courts…

The Supreme Court is the highest court of the judicial system and can shape the direction of the American judicial system and the morals of society. All other courts reside under the Supreme Court and adhere to the standards set in cases decided by the Supreme Court. The importance of the Supreme Court explains why the nomination of a new justice to the court can be a heated and contentious situation between the two parties that reside in the American political system. President Trump nominated…

he Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court within the hierarchy of the country’s federal courts. The Court was established in accordance to Article III of the United States Constitution. The Supreme Court consists of nine total members, all of whom are nominated by the President at the time, and approved by the Senate. All nine members of the Supreme Court serve their term for life, only leaving when they retire, resign, or are impeached. In theory, the Supreme Court is meant to…

decisions of the justices on the Supreme Court based on whether they are conservative or liberal leaning justices. Then, where does that leave the idea the that no case is prejudged? If a person can predict the decisions of the justices on the Supreme Court based on the conservative or liberal leanings of the Supreme Court justices, where does that leave the idea that no case is prejudged? The way I believe that a person predicts the decision of the justices on the Supreme Court is in part on…

The Supreme Court of the United States has been, and will always be the most important national institution which has the power to influence the execution rate and the death penalty policy in the states. In the case of Herrera v. Collins in 1993, Leonel Torres Herrera (defendant) was sentenced to death by Texas state courts for capital murder two police officers. Ten years laters, after Herrera pleads guilty to the capital murder of two officers, Herrera filed a habeas corpus petition under the…

Law and Order Supreme Court justice could be called the most prestigious law job in America. Justices make some of the most important decisions for the United States, and once appointed they serve for life, or until they step down. Unfortunately, there is no definite time when a justice’s “life term” will come to an end, and Justice Antonin Scalia’s suddenly ended earlier this year. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died suddenly this year during a hunting trip in Texas at age 79. Scalia was…

law is in compliance with the constitution. The significance of Marbury vs. Madison was the supreme court declared that a law passed by congress was unconstitutional and therefore ruled the law could not be enforced. This case made the supreme court an important player in our history. Some notable examples of judicial review in the supreme court history would be Plessy vs. Fergusson, where the U.S. supreme court uphold state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of…

Biography Sonia Sotomayor was appointed a Supreme Court justice in 2009 and became the first woman of Latin origin at the highest level of judicial hierarchy in the United States. Sonia Sotomayor was born in Bronx, New York, on June 25, 1954. Her parents were both born in Puerto Rico but moved to New York during World War II (Biography 2016). In Bronx, Sonia was raised in poor catholic Puerto Rican community and was speaking mostly Spanish (Lewis 2016). At age seven, she was diagnosed with…

argue is that the people of this country do not elect the Supreme Court of the United States. However, the President who the country votes into office appoints them to the Court. Judicial review has a long historical background, dating back to Hamilton’s argument in The Federalist Papers, all of which impacts how the Court uses judicial review today regarding civil liberties. In addition, judicial review has been applied in landmark Supreme Court cases such as Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board…

Somin’s view on the Supreme Court is one of the more optimistic points of view. Somin believes that the Supreme Court has the power they need to act effectively in today’s society. Somin brings up cases like Plessy v. Ferguson to prove the point that when the court sits back it allows for oppressive laws to stand. Somin believes that the Supreme Court has enough power in itself to stop oppressive laws and give the minorities a voice. Kramer believes the Supreme Court has too much power. That…