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Supreme Court Injustices

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Article III:1 of the Constitution states that “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.” The US Supreme Court currently has eight justices serving. The current justices are (Chief Justice) John G. Roberts Jr., Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel Anthony Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan. For a justice to be chosen, the president nominates someone for a vacancy on the Court and the Senate votes to confirm the nomination. Due to the large affect that the supreme court has on our law, it is important to have this balance of power between the executive and legislative branches of government. The words “equal justice under law” are inscribed above the main entrance to the supreme court building. These words remind that the duty of the supreme court is to ensure that the American people are granted equal justice under the law, and that they are additionally to serve and protect the US constitution. The challenge of the supreme court is interpreting the constitution, and adapting it to modern day. Former Justice Marshall had expressed this by stating “we must never forget that it is a constitution we are expounding… intended to endure for ages to …show more content…

This term is then divided into “sittings” and “recesses” which alternate at roughly two week intervals. Up to twenty-four cases can be argued in one sitting. The cases heard by the Supreme Court set a precedent for cases going forward, and instructs the public on what behavior is and isn’t upheld by their constitutional rights. The court receives approximately 7-8,000 cases filed each term. This directly impacts law enforcement as these case law decisions influence the ways in which we conduct our duties at

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