The U.S. Supreme Court Blog 3


    The Supreme Court is the highest judicial body in the United States still today. Nine judges are on the U.S. Supreme Court and they serve for a lifetime which means they are a judge for the Supreme Court until they officially retire. If a judge does retire, there is a process to elect a new official. First, they will get a nomination from the President Of The United States, then the United States Senate makes a final vote by getting a majority vote. If that person is declined, the President must bring up another nomination to the Senate. The U.S. Supreme Court was not always held to such a high pedal stool, people used to be against the idea when the government moved to Washington, DC in 1801. It took some time and proof that this court will work for the people to give the court respect, which then gave them a branch of government. But, one of the issues of why the supreme court wasn't seen as such great high power was because they ruled that African Americans were never going to be seen as citizens and it would go against the constitution which took away respect from citizens and African Americans who were against slavery.  The Supreme Court takes their cases by following the U.S. Constitution and following every single guideline that has been marked for the United States since the beginning of this great country. They take pride in upholding the law. In order to get a case to the U.S. Supreme Court, an individual or groud must appeal to a higher court until they reach the supreme court. This is very hard to do as the U.S. Supreme court must accept the appeal and if they don't you must take the sentence that was given from the court before. 

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