What Is The Supreme Court?

☃There are many public courtrooms. “The Court of the People.” The court of Judge Judy. Even in “A Few Good Men,” the military trial. But what about the Supreme Court? How exactly are these judges doing, and what are they doing?

☃Whether you remember going back to high school civics, there are three divisions in the U.S. government. The law-making division is writing the rules. The division of the executive enforces the law. Furthermore, the division of the judiciary interprets the laws to determine whether they are legal.

☃Just as there are cities, counties, and states, local, state, and regional courts included in the judicial branch. The Supreme Court is the judicial branch's highest court, making it the country's most important court.

☂Lower courts often disagree on how to decide a case. A court in one region may claim a law is constitutional, but a court in another region will feel that the same law should be limited or overturned. The Supreme Court carries out the rulings and has the final say on the legal existence of the laws.

☂The Supreme Court has nine judges appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, called Justices. The rulers serve life. If five judges, a majority, decide on an outcome, a decision occurs.

☂Since the Supreme Court receives over 10,000 applications per year to review cases decided by lower courts, they can choose only the most critical cases to hear. Every term will appeal to the Supreme Court for about 80 cases, and each term will conclude in early summer. The most contentious and widely publicized cases were usually reserve for the last time.