The Supreme Court was founded in 1801 and it changed the way the U.S. judicial system would forever work. The Supreme Court is made up of nine justices who are appointed directly by the President of the United States. Most of the time, the justices are made up of four Republicans and four democrats and then the ninth justice determines which way the Supreme court is swayed. The Supreme Court justices are able to serve as long as they choose but most serve an average term of sixteen years.
Before a case reaches the Supreme Court it must go through many levels of the judicial system. When a case finally reaches this level it means that it has exhausted all of their appeals in Trial Court, and then has been approved to be seen in The Supreme Court by at least four of the nine justices. Unfortunately, not all cases that are approved to be seen are actually seen. In fact, only one hundred cases each year are seen and over seven thousand are submitted. To have a case be reviewed by The U.S. Supreme Court is a very highly regarded process due to the limited number of cases ruled upon each year.
A famous case that The Supreme Court ruled on was the case of Bush V Gore. This case was brought to the Supreme Court because although Gore won the popular vote for the election of 2000, he lost the electoral college. Bush won the electoral college by securing the state of Florida and thus, securing his presidential win. Many believed that since the most amount of people voted for Gore, he deserved to be President. The Supreme Court was the one who was appointed to make the final ruling on this case and they ruled in favor of Bush.
Before a case reaches the Supreme Court it must go through many levels of the judicial system. When a case finally reaches this level it means that it has exhausted all of their appeals in Trial Court, and then has been approved to be seen in The Supreme Court by at least four of the nine justices. Unfortunately, not all cases that are approved to be seen are actually seen. In fact, only one hundred cases each year are seen and over seven thousand are submitted. To have a case be reviewed by The U.S. Supreme Court is a very highly regarded process due to the limited number of cases ruled upon each year.
A famous case that The Supreme Court ruled on was the case of Bush V Gore. This case was brought to the Supreme Court because although Gore won the popular vote for the election of 2000, he lost the electoral college. Bush won the electoral college by securing the state of Florida and thus, securing his presidential win. Many believed that since the most amount of people voted for Gore, he deserved to be President. The Supreme Court was the one who was appointed to make the final ruling on this case and they ruled in favor of Bush.
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