What does the U.S. Supreme Court do?

Question

Does the U.S. Supreme Court pass laws or makes laws?

Answer 1

Niether, they interpret the laws.

Answer 2

Neither. The Supreme Court is the highest court in America and reviews cases on appeal. Generally the Supreme Court reviews cases to see if the laws under which the case was brought are consistant, in the opinion of the Court, with the US Constitution. If the court considers a case from a lower court, it can find the law unconstitutional. If so then the law can no longer be applied against people. Further, the Supreme court considers other types cases that are appealed from the lower, appeals courts.

Jurisdiction. According to the Constitution (Art. III, §2):
“The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under thisConstitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be
made, under their Authority;—to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;—to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;—to Contro-
versies to which the United States shall be a Party;—to Controversies between two or
more States;—between a State and Citizens of another State;—between Citizens of different States;—between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants ofdifferent States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizensor Subjects.

“In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public ministers and Consuls, and those inwhich a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all
the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate jurisdiction,
both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make.”

Appellate jurisdiction has been conferred upon the Supreme Court by various statutes,
under the authority given Congress by the Constitution. The basic statute effective at
this time in conferring and controlling jurisdiction of the Supreme Court may be found in
28 U. S. C. §1251 et seq., and various special statutes.

Rulemaking Power. Congress has from time to time conferred upon the Supreme Court power to prescribe rules of procedure to be followed by the lower courts of the UnitedStates. See 28 U. S. C. §2071 et seq. 1

Answer 3

Recently instead of interpreting the law, they have been rewriting law. rewriting the U.S. Constitution.

I speak of the Emniment domain the right to seize your property for a development be it mall, condos...etc.....Not hospitals or highways. Not for the betterment of a society but to make richer the few greedy.

The liberal portion of the court voted 5 to 4 to allow any municipality to take your house or land in order to let some cheesey developer greasing the palm of the local elected officials.

The U.S. Constitution states...the right to own Property. hmm Does that need to be rewritten by the liberal supreme court.

They are not doing what The U.S. Constitution what our founding fathers had intended.

Answer 4

They talk a lot of crap and give themselves raises and can do what they want to the people
and tell us what we have to do