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the U.S. constitution; the U.S. Supreme Court also decides legal issues arising from
federal statutes, it is also the final appellate court, sometimes referred to as “the
court of last resort” (Meyer & Grant, 2003). The U.S.Supreme court plays a very
unique role in appellate courts because of its authority and influence on many of
the most significant legal, political, and social issues in the nation. Although the
Supreme Court usually operates in relative obscurity, but the Presidential election of
2000 focused worldwide attention on the court, raising public consciousness about
the critical role of the Court in the nations legal and political affairs. The U.S.
Supreme Court includes nine justices, who are appointed by the president of the
United States; their positions are held for life. Unlike other appellate Courts which
must review all cases submitted to them, each year the Supreme Court grants only
a small proportion of the requests for certiorari. Certiorari are requests for review
submitted for its consideration. According to Meyer & Grant, 2003 in order for a
case to be granted review by the Supreme Court, at least four of the nine justices
must agree to accept the case. When the court agrees to accept a case, the
laws; it does not review legal issues that concern only state constitutions or
statutes. The Supreme court has hundreds of cases submitted to them each year,
therefore they must carefully select the cases that present legal issues of the
greatest significance; cases that involves constitutional rights have the courts
attention. The court also reviews appeals that request the court’s assistance in
resolving contradicting lower court precedents. The Supreme Court may also
review appeals where State or Federal statues clash with each other or the
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purposes by patients whose health care provider has authorized this; this is a law or
initiative that exists only in California. The police and prosecutors are in an
awkward position because if they arrest or pursue people with this drug then they
appeared to be violating the new state law, but if they ignored these cases then
“The republic endures and these are the symbols of faith”; these are the
words that are written above the main entrance to the Supreme Court building; they
express the ultimate responsibility of the Supreme Court of the United States. This
court is the highest tribunal in ends, the nation for all cases and controversies
arising under the constitution or the laws of the United States. As the final arbiter
of the law, the court is charged with ensuring the American people the promise of
equal justice under law and therefore, functions as guardian and interpreter of the
constitution (Law.umc.edu.). The U.S. constitution and the Supreme Court go hand
and hand, the constitution is what the U.S. Supreme Court goes by. The U.S.
provide for a national government sufficiently strong and flexible to meet the needs
of the republic, yet sufficiently limited and just to protect the guaranteed rights of
citizens; it permits a balance between society’s need for order and the individuals
rights to freedom.
than two centuries illustrates the genius of the American system of government.
The complex role of the Supreme Court in this system derives from its’ authority to
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conflict with the constitution. This power of” judicial review” has given the court a
situations. The Supreme Court needs to increase their appeal reviews simply
because there are many innocent people who are in prison either for a life sentence
or on death row. The supreme Court needs to take the time out to review these
cases because why sentence someone to death or life in prison if there is a chance
that they could be innocent of the crime that they was accused of in the first place;
they need to increase the number of appeals that they accept in order to avoid
References
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http://www.law.umc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw.suipremecourtint
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Mayer, J.F., & Grant, D.R. (2003). The Courts in Our Criminal justice System.