U.S. Supreme Court: What Exactly Is It?


  George Washington, 1st President of USA.

The US Supreme Court is the highest of the ranking of the federal courts in America and is the head of the judicial branch. The U.S. Constitution is basically the father of all laws of the U.S. and looks over the constitutionality of the laws they approve. The Supreme Court was officially established in 1789, which was followed by the Constitution gave congress the right to decide the organization of the supreme court. Using the Judiciary Act of 1789, which was signed by the first president George Washington, which said it would be made up of six justices who had to serve on court until they died. The very first was West vs. Barnes, which was a simple case involving a farmer who owed debt to a family. One fun fact about the U.S. Supreme Court is that John Marshall, a court justice, is one of two justices on American currency. You can read more about how the Supreme Court started here. Ever since then, on average, there are about 100 to 150 court cases settled each year. Compared to today in 2020, that's almost 36,000 court cases in total.

                                                                                       

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