https://www.history.com/topics/us-government/supreme-court-facts
The Supreme Court is the highest federal court in the United States and the head of the judicial branch. The Supreme Court has ultimate jurisdiction over all laws in the United States. The nine justices of the Supreme Court have the power to check the actions of the other two branches of government.
Established in 1789 by Article Three of the U.S. Constitution, that act also granted Congress the ability to create inferior federal courts. The Judiciary Act of 1789 specified that the Supreme Court would be made up of six justices that would serve until death or retirement.
The first decision the Supreme Court made was but a single day after they heard the arguments for the case, West v. Barnes on August 3rd, 1791. The West v. Barnes case involved a farmer with debt owed to a family.
The Supreme Court has taken cases that have become pivotal points in our society in terms of rights. Such cases are listed below from the article above, extremely notable ones would be Roe v. Wade and Mapp v. Ohio.
Notable Cases From Supreme Court Facts:
Mapp v. Ohio (1961), which held that evidence obtained illegally cannot be used in criminal cases
Texas v. Johnson (1989), which found that flag burning and other potentially offensive speech is protected by the First Amendment
Roe v. Wade (1973), which ruled that women have a right to an abortion during the first two trimesters
U.S. v. Nixon (1974), which found that the President cannot use his or her power to withhold evidence in criminal trials
Lawrence v. Texas (2003), which struck down state anti-sodomy laws
United States v. Windsor (2013), which revoked the U.S. government’s ability to deny federal benefits to same-sex couples
No comments:
Post a Comment