Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is a group of nine influential individuals who are all passionate about upholding the law in the United States. The President nominates the Justices, who are then voted on by the Senate to secure their positions on the court. Being part of The United States Supreme Court is an extremely high honor. These people hold power that is unlike any other in the government and are put in charge of determining if cases are constitutional or unconstitutional regardless of political affiliations.

While watching the Supreme Court video, I learned some very insightful information about the court. I discovered that in 1801, The Supreme Court was put into temporary quarters. Before watching the video, I assumed that the court had always had a physical permanent position in our government and was held to the utmost respect by citizens. However, this respect for the court was not earned until the Marshall years, when John Marshall served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States.

Also, the video mentioned that Justices don't bring issues to the court, the issues are brought to them. This fact makes it easier to understand and realize that judges are not "out to be activists," but instead they are there to do their duty to uphold the Constitution regarding issues that people deem a problem.

Additionally, I found it surprising how often opinion pieces written by the Justices can be revised. These pieces can be revised throughout the year until they are all due in late June at the end of the term. Prior to knowing this information I believed that opinion pieces needed to be written and finalized in a quick amount of time rather than having multiple months to be completed.

Now that I have learned more about the Supreme Court I have changed my perspective on how critical the Supreme Court's rule is in protecting American citizen's freedoms. Our Justices do everything in their power to make the best decisions possible for the people of the United States.