Blog Post 6: The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is one of 3 branches of the United States Government there is the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch, and there is the Judicial Branch. The Supreme Court is the highest court in the Judicial Branch. The Supreme Court is the highest court in all of the United States, but it hasn't always been this way. For a period of time the Supreme Court didn't have the power to review if a law the government had made was constitutional or not that came in 1803 during the case of Marbury v. Madison the court ruled that it had the power of judicial review. This gave them the right to review any act of the government determine if they are constitutional or not.

It wasn't always a great honor to be on the Supreme Court at times many judges dreaded it and wanted nothing to do with the court. But as time went on and the court grew in power and what it was able to rule on it became a very high honor and is now a very coveted position to have. When it comes to proceedings the Supreme Court you would think would have everything held in private, but in actuality everything is publicly done. This is because it is part of the government. When it comes time to make a decision the judges either write a opinion in support this is done by the most senior member of the court that has taken this view, or they write a opinion against this decision. This process usually takes about 1 month to complete. The Supreme Court is the most powerful court in all of the United States and will be far into the future too.