The U.S. Supreme CourtCJ140 Introduction to Constitutional L, Lecture notes of Accounting

Download The U.S. Supreme CourtCJ140 Introduction to Constitutional L and more Lecture notes Accounting in PDF only on Docsity! Running head: The u.S. SUPREME COURT1 The U.S. Supreme Court CJ140 Introduction to Constitutional Law Purdue Global The u.S. SUPREME COURT 2 The Supreme Court was established in Article three of the constitution. There are three branches of government. There is the Legislative branch, the Executive branch, and the Judicial branch. The Legislative branch consists of the Senate and House of representatives. The executive branch consists of the President, Vice President and advisors. Lastly there is the Judicial branch Which is the Supreme court. The Supreme Court’s job is to interpret the law and then determine injustices of the constitution for the people. They can choose which cases to take that potentially violate the constitution. There are nine justices that hear cases ahead of time and the must decide which ones to hear. Thousands of cases are presented every year but less than 150 are heard and are brought to trial by the Supreme Courts. Section two of Article three in the constitution states that the court has the authority to hear cases. All cases are trial by jury with the exception of Impeachment,only the Senate has the power to hear and try cases of Impeachment. In 1803 the case of Maybury v. Madison was the deciding factor that gave the Supreme Courts the power of judicial review. This enabled the Courts the power to declare acts by the Legislative or Executive branch unconstitutional. The President can nominate a person for Supreme Court, but the Senate can confirm or deny the nominee. The role of the Supreme court is to interpret the law. The President enforces the law, and the Senate makes the law. If a law passes Senate and the president tries to put it into effect, the Supreme court can overrule on it. But the President can also veto that, and it can go back and forth. The Supreme Courts can also overrule itself. For instance, in the Plessy v. Ferguson case of 1896, people were segregated by race. But in 1954, the Supreme overruled itself in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. It was declared that the previous ruling was unconstitutional. There is a check and balance system in place by the framers to ensure equality and justice of the people. No set branch has or will be given too much power.