The Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is THE topmost court system in the United States of America. On account of this, the United States government trusts this system to lead their Judicial Branch. The Supreme Court defines their mission as, "...ensuring the American people the promise of equal justice under law and, thereby, also functions as guardian and interpreter of the Constitution." (About the Court) The Supreme Court is composed of nine justices that are as follows : The Chief Justice John Roberts and eight other associate justices, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch. (About the Court)

There are many cases that get to the Supreme Court that they have to review, over one hundred a week. Though these justices receive about 7,000 cases a year, not all of them actually get accepted(SupremeCourtvideo). Not many people my age (from personal experience) understand how a case gets as far as the Supreme Court. After watching videos in class and doing further research I put the most prevalent ways these cases get there.

The first popular way a court case gets to the Supreme Court is because it has been appealed on account of the Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals is the court system thats in position directly under the Supreme Court. The next common way is when a state court system and the person(s) involved decide that the case should be appealed. Though under these circumstances, these actions are normally dismissed from the Supreme Court except when these cases are in relation to the United States Constitution. The third and more rare way is when a case is associated with conflict between states or other situations involving ambassadors. This would only happen if the Supreme Court believes that this is under its original jurisdiction.

mkoren. "Describe how cases reach the Supreme Court." eNotes, 12 Nov. 2017, https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/describe-three-broad-catagories-law-how-cases-344133. Accessed 5 Mar. 2019.

About the Supreme Court. https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/about.aspx