The Supreme Court Library

The supreme court is the highest, most important court in the United States and the titles of the men and women who serve on the high court are associate justices. There are over nine judges who are on the supreme court, eight are associate justices and one is the chief justice. They are all appointed by the presidet but they are approved by the senate. The term of office for the nine judges who serve for the high court is for life. There are over 91 district courts, which are the lowest courts, and 12 appellate courts. Three courts that are part of the federal judicial system are the Court of Military Appeals, United States Claims Court, and United States Tax Court. The nine type of cases the Supreme court and federal courts have jurisdiction over are the constitution, federal laws, treaties, law governing ships, the United States government itself, ambassadors or public ministers, two or more state governents, citizens od different states and a state or its citizens versus a foreign country or foreign citizen. The process of checking the laws of our land is called the judicial review. When the supreme court declares a law unconstitutional, it means that the law goes against the constitution of the United States. In order for a person to be convicted of treason two witnessess must testify, telling the exact same story and/or the accused must confess in a

Following a half-century hiatus, Judge Alfread Salem Niles of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City conceived the idea to revive the institutions of Baltimore’s law clubs by establishing The Layers’ Round Table in 1911. As one member recounted:

The establishment of one of the most influential powers of the Supreme Court--the power of judicial review-- and the development of the judicial branch can be attributed to Marshall’s insightful interpretation of the Constitution ("The Marshall Court”).

I discovered how the Supreme Court came to be. I believe that the Supreme Court is overlooked because they make a lot of important decisions. I think that is disappointing that not many people in our country know any names of the people of the Supreme Court. At first their were six member now their are nine. I learned that when the Supreme court first started, they each had a geographical zone. Today, all citizens now go to the Supreme Court. I am skeptical that the Constitution is silent about exactly what the Supreme court is, what it should do, and how should they do it. In the Constitution it mostly mentions the House of Representatives. I think that Supreme Court is barely mentioned because at first it was underestimated and it was not

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Jeffery Rosen’s novel, The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries that Defined America follows the history of the Supreme Court of the United States through both personal and philosophical rivalries that shaped the transformation of laws and our lives. Rosen shows us the rivalries between justices and their ideologies and how their ideologies have shaped our laws today. Starting in 1952 with President Harry S Truman and ending fifty four years later with the presidency of George W. Bush, Rosen takes and shapes the novel through the eyes of the justices. The novel, The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court by Jeffery Toobin, an acclaimed legal analyst at CNN shows us a deeper look at the most secret legal body of

A published court opinion is the explanation of a court 's judgment on the outcome of a particular court case. A published court opinion can include a judge’s opinion when the trial court judgment is appealed to the court of appeals. The judge’s opinion typically consists of case precedents, fact analysis, applicable law and the arguments of the attorneys for the parties. The court of appeals can have as many as three to nine judges and therefore, there are frequently “dissenting opinions” (judges who disagree with the majority opinion) and “concurring opinions” (judges who agree with the majority opinion) (Hill). To locate this court opinion, I first went on the Pennsylvania State University Database web page. From there I needed to locate the link to the “Lexis Nexis Academic.” After clicking on the link to “Lexis Nexis Academic,” I clicked on “Look up a Legal Case” and located the court opinion by typing in the case abbreviations, 290 P.3d 1158, in the search by citation box.

The United States Federal Courts of today, are vastly different from what they were when our country was first beginning. The courts of the federal system today, are designed in a hierarchical manner, with the United States Supreme Court sitting as the highest court in the land, and as the court of last appeal (Neubauer & Fradella, 2008). While there are several different courts, which make up the federal system, there are laid out in a way that allows for an avenue of appeals for a courts decisions. These appeals go up, from the lower courts, to the higher courts, and this allows for the review of cases, to ensure that the person bringing the appeal has not been denied due process of law.

How did the Supreme Court and Chief Justice John Marshall establish the principle of “judicial review?” Explain the doctrine and its genesis and discuss two major Supreme Court cases since 2000 that have reinforced judicial authority over the States using this principle.

s cases that have been tried by lower courts. Sometimes the Supreme Court returns cases back to lower courts because they don’t think that the case is important enough for their attention. Federal courts involve cases that deal with money or in more extensive things like bank robbing, kidnapping, fraud, treason or etc. Sate courts are arranged depending on the legislature of each state.

The nomination and appointment of federal judges doesn’t differ much from that of Supreme Court Judges. According to the constitution of The United States of America, the president possesses the power to nominate and also the appointment to the State. Before a federal judge or a Supreme Court Justice is sworn in, he/she is first nominated by the U.S president and then confirmed by the U.S senate through a majority vote. When there is a federal vacancy in any state, the president liaises with a representative from that specific state then nominates a person for the post before submitting him/her to the Senate Judiciary committee. There, the nominee is vetted and also a background check about one is done by the FBI. After this, the Senate votes

The U.S. Supreme Court is responsible for being the final judge in all cases involving the laws of congress and the constitution. The Supreme Court, however, is far from all-powerful. Its power is limited by the other two branches of government. The Supreme Court is just here to say when the government is not doing the right thing. The judiciary act of 1789 helped to establish the Supreme Court."The Supreme Court of the United States was created in accordance with this provision and by authority of the Judiciary Act of September 24, 1789 (1 Stat. 73). It was organized on February 2, 1790." Supreme Court of The United States. (n.d.). The Supreme Court at Work.

Let me start off by saying that this case in my opinion, was particularly difficult for me to understand and decipher what I was actually reading. That being said, I think the main issue in this case is whether the parties intended that a construction and repurchase clause should constitute as a covenant. A covenant is a formal written agreement between two parties for the performance of some action, that runs with the land. These actions were to be enforceable by a specific performance, or a future interest. In this case the construction of an office building on a condition subsequent, which is later enforceable only under the Real Property and Procedure Law ("RPAPL") § 1953.

In today’s society many Americans do not know much about the role the U.S. Supreme Court plays in the functioning of the U.S. government. The Supreme Court hears and decides on certain appeal cases from lower courts involving laws that challenge the Constitution. The Supreme Court consists of one Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justices who current members are John G. Roberts, Jr.; Antonin Scalia; Anthony M. Kennedy; Clarence Thomas; Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Stephen G. Breyer; Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr.; Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Burns is important because the case involves a critical shift in Canada’s approach to extradition in cases involving capital punishment. In “effectively overruling” the decisions in Kindler and Ng, the Burns verdict now means that almost all extraditions from Canada that do not contain assurances that the death penalty will not be imposed violate the principles of fundamental justice. In that respect, “in all but exceptional cases” any exercise of the Minister’s discretion that purports to grant an unconditional extradition in light of a capital sentence is void under s. 7 of the Charter. This ruling now shifts Canada’s approach to death penalty extradition in line with that of most European