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    Supreme Court Diversity The decisions that the Supreme Court Justices make are crucial to everyone who lives in this Country. Without the educational diversity and the work experience to expose them to the needs of the community, it would seem as if the justices come to a conclusion fully blind folded. Many believe that the Supreme Court is more diverse than it ever was but the reality is that it is less diverse. One issue that is affecting the diversity in the Supreme Court is the lack of justices

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    The process of choose and approve a supreme court justice is a process clearly defined within the constitution. First, it starts with the president. The United States president, according to the constitution, must be the one to nominate possible choices to fill the seat. After that, the nomination must by confirmed by the Senate. All supreme court justices have life long terms, so there will never be a single president that must make all the appointments. If a president if put in a situation where

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    Nine Supreme Court Cases

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    The Supreme Court is made up of nine justices appointed by the president of the United States. These justices are are tasked with reviewing and deciding which cases of the 7,000 cases they are presented with each year. The Supreme Court is given the ability to choose most of the cases they are presented with each year. (1) The Supreme Court discuss cases presented to them by any of the court justices and they must utilize the rule of four. These rule states that if at least four of the justices

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    Introduction The Supreme Court is the highest court in the federal judicial system. Like other courts, it has jurisdiction to hear and decide legal issues only for certain kinds of cases that are brought to it. Reference to Baum (2010), the Supreme Court should be viewed as both a legal and a political institution and as part of a policy making system that includes lower courts and the other branches of government. This ambiguous and complexity position between the political process and the legal

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    “Under the Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction, the Court hears cases appealed from federal courts of appeals, or it may hear appeals from federal district courts in certain circumstances in which an act of Congress has been held unconstitutional” (Bohm & Haley, pp. 278, 2011). The appellate powers also extend to cases from states higher courts as long as the appeals are limited to violations of federal law or constitutional rights. In fact, the Supreme Court is primarily an appellate court, however

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    The appointment and conformation to the Supreme Court has become on of the most sought after and most prestigious positions in the U.S. Government. In the past two hundred years the Supreme Court has changed in many different ways and with each decision affecting the delicate balance of the U.S. legal system the appointment of justices has become a very watched over subject. In all conformation and appointment to the Supreme Court there is politics involved but with each presiding president their

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    With Article III, the founding fathers established the Supreme Court, also called SCOTUS, to interpret the Constitution. Over time, and after reviewing multiple decisions, SCOTUS increased their powers and authority. From cases such as Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803) and Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965), SCOTUS assumed the privilege of judicial review and jurisdiction over penumbral state rights. Supreme Court skeptics claim that the justices are undemocratic, and the Framers recognized

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    “...a Supreme court justice must interpret the laws without fear or favor.”(Amy Klobuchar). Supreme court nominees have been appointed by the president of the United States since Washington’s presidency. These all have been successful nominations but there has been some decisions about having the people to nominate the court justices this time. The president should still be the one to nominate Supreme Court Justices because the Constitution directly states the amendment, common people do not know

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    The United States Supreme Court serves as the highest level of the United States Judicial Branch of government. The Supreme Court has nine justices who are appointed for life. Article III of the U.S. Constitution establishes the Supreme Court and details its responsibilities, duties, and jurisdiction. Currently, the Court is led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. The Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction spans a wide variety of cases. Original jurisdiction refers to the initial right and duty

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    serve, is vague and can be interpreted in many ways, and the one to interpret it is the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is the final arbiter in all the legal proceedings that one case should undergo. They are are supposedly unbiased, and free from any political pressures. The chief justice can either exercise his powers with restraint or with activism, like the Burger Court, but what will happen if the Supreme Court intervened

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