Week 3 Blog Post
The Supreme Court, established
in 1789 by the judiciary act, is the highest court of law in the United States
and has the ultimate jurisdiction over all court cases it takes, as well as the
responsibility of determining if the laws created by the president and congress
are constitutional or not. This process begins by determining which appealed
cases submitted to them are worth reviewing, either because of a possible lap
in the previous judicial process of the case, or some other reason. Once
accepted, each side of the case has 30 minutes to make their oral argument and
sway the justices. Interestingly, some of the judges will look for only one
specific detail within a party’s argument and base their decision around that
sole fact and how it is or is not similar to a previous cases verdict. After both
sides have made their cases, the justices go to a private room completely alone
where they deliberate and explain their legal reasonings until a verdict is
reached. After the verdict is given and the case is closed, the Justices begin
opinion writing, where they write down reasonings on a particular case, and
these reasonings must be upheld by other courts in similar cases.
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