What does the Surpremem court do?

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Answer 1

Appoint as president the person who actually lost the 2000 election.

Answer 2

The Supreme Court is the ultimate court of appeals in this country. If an issue was originally in a federal court, either because it's an issue of federal law, or an issue between states, or that has a conflict of state and federal law, and its decision is later appealed in a federal court of appeals, the party that is not satisfied can still take it up to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court will look at it and first decide if it will hear it at all, in other words grant certiori. The Supreme Court's main function is to interpret the Constitution and make sure no law voted upon or action taken violates it.

Answer 3

Is it not amazing that disgruntled Democrats are still spreading the false story that Al Gore won the 2000 Election because of the SUPREME COURT? GWB won Florida in a close vote, and even the Miamii Herald- a Democratic newspaper (that took a year to conclude this after its own recount) confirmed this to be the case.

Answer 4

It decides appeals from lower (federal) courts.
It actually decides what to decide.
If it doesn't want to hear a case, it lets the ruling of the lower court stand.
It is the total end of the federal appeals process.
Sometimes the things it decides have great impact.
Like civil rights and abortion.
It has the power to decide that laws are unconstitutional so legislative bodies can't make those laws.
It is guided by the constitution and the history of how cases have been decided in the past (like precedents).

Answer 5

Read Article III of the United States Constitution for its basic jurisdiction. It is a trial court only for those limited subject matter cases in Sec 2, pgh 2. where it has original jurisdiction. In all other cases it is an appeal court, that hears appeals of decisions from lower courts. It is the final court of appeals from all United States Federal Courts (which are courts created by the US Congress to hear cases specified in Sec 2, pgh 1. of Art III). And it can also hear appeals from the highest court of each state on issues involving the United States Constitution, and laws passed and treaties approved by Congress. In addition it has incidental powers necessary to allow it to exercise its Contitutional duties, including the powers to issue "stay orders" and writs of habeas corpus. It also has the power to establish rules of procedure for the Federal Courts.

Answer 6

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the judicial branch of the United States federal government.

The court consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, who are nominated by the President and confirmed with the "advice and consent" of the Senate. Appointed to serve for life, they can be removed only by resignation, or by impeachment and subsequent conviction. The only Justice ever impeached, Samuel Chase, was not removed from office because he was acquitted by the Senate.

The Supreme Court is the only court established by the United States Constitution (in Article III); all other federal courts are created by Congress:

The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behavior, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services a Compensation which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office.
The Supreme Court holds both original and appellate jurisdiction, with its appellate jurisdiction accounting for most of the Court's caseload. The court's original jurisdiction is narrowly focused, as defined in Article III, Section 2 ("In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction"). The court's appellate jurisdiction encompasses "all cases" within the scope of Article III, but is subject to limitation by acts of Congress under the Exceptions Clause in Article III and by the discretion of the Court.

The Supreme Court meets in Washington, D.C., in the United States Supreme Court building. The Court is sometimes referred to by the abbreviations SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) and USSC (United States Supreme Court). The Court's yearly terms usually start on the first Monday in October and finish sometime during the following June or July. Each term consists of alternating two week intervals. During the first interval, the court is in session ('sitting') and hears cases, and during the second interval, the court is recessed to consider and write opinions on cases they have heard.

Now, of late, I have notice that the Supreme Court justices have been allowing laws to be changed and rewritten rather than unholding the laws based on their personal opinions and convictions. They quite often overstep what they were suppose to do and the way it was set up.

Answer 7

Typically they make the final decision on any case that either can not be determined by lower courts, or when the parties involved continually appeal. They are also used to interpret the law of the land (whatever their jurisdiction is) if there is question about somethings legality. (ie interpret the constitution)

There's more info at wikipedia...

Answer 8

Make decisions that should not make. They ake decisions on baning this and that, but really the court should be for legal proceedings and not defining laws.

Answer 9

Fix elections and strip individuals of their personal rights, liberty and freedom.

Answer 10

If you go to the library, you can find this out yourself.