History of the Supreme Court of the United States

 


    The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest federal court in the country. The Supreme Court building is located on First St in Northeast Washington, DC. The Supreme Court was founded in 1789 by Article III of the U.S. Constitution. According to History.com "Article III decreed that the nation’s judicial power, to apply and interpret the laws, should be vested in “one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish." ("Three Branches") . In addition to creating the Supreme Court, Article III gave Congress the power to create inferior federal courts. The Supreme Court was originally supposed to meet for the first time at the Merchant Building in NYC on February 1, 1780 but because of some issues related to logistics the first meeting of the SCOTUS was postponed to the next day. The way Justices are appointed to the SCOTUS is by the President. First the President of the United States names a nominee, then said nominee will get confirmed or denied by the U.S. Senate. According to the history.com article on the Supreme Court, the SCOTUS has had over 200+ cases. With some of these cases leaving long lasting impacts on our nation; for better or for worse. The Supreme Court, is also referred to as the court of the last resort. The court has had many cases that were civil rights based. But not all of them were, most notably Engel v. Vitale. In this case the Supreme Court  ruled that any prayer initiated within public schools is a violation of the First Amendment

History.com Editors. “Supreme Court.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 11 May 2010, www.history.com/topics/us-government/supreme-court-facts.

“Three Branches of Government.” Edited by History.com Editors, History.com, A&E Television Networks, 17 Nov. 2017, www.history.com/topics/us-government/three-branches-of-government.

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