In reading the article on SCOTUS History, I learned all about the Supreme Court, the Chief Justices of the United States, and most importantly John Marshall.
Marshall is my middle name. I asked my parents when I was younger where that name came from. I was shown a family tree that my grandmother had been working on with the DAR before she died. I happened to be a descendent of John Marshall she showed me.
I was interested in discovering who John Marshall was and why he was so important. He was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States and served for more than 34 years. This happened to be the longest term in Chief Justice History. Dating back to 1801, he was one of the most influential Supreme Court Justices of the United States because he was responsible for establishing the roles of the Supreme Court in our Federal Government.
The involvement of the U.S. Supreme Court to John Marshall was his main focus in his life, and one of his most famous cases was Marbury vs. Madison, which determined that the Judiciary Act of 1789 was unconstitutional and established Judicial review.
The U.S. Supreme Court is very important regarding the laws in our country. The court is made up of 9 justices. This judicial branch has the power over the Executive and Legislative branches of government to make decisions about the laws in our country.
The Supreme Court was established by Article Three in the Constitution back in 1789. The third branch of government is the highest federal court in the country and because of its power men and women Supreme Court Justices make president setting decision on the laws that make up our country. The U.S. Supreme Court was created and enacted by President George Washington and was assembled in February 2nd in 1790 in New York City at the merchants Exchange building. This day was critically important because of the focus on how the procedure of the U.S. Supreme Court was going to be organized for the years to come.
Let’s dive into what the Supreme Court is all about and the positions that make up the Judicial body of our Democracy. The Chief Justice is the leader of the Supreme Court. He or she is responsible for setting the agenda for the weekly meetings, is required to sit on the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, is the main majority of the opinion in most cases and is required to make opinions about the trials of impeachment.
The current Chief Justice is John Roberts, Jr. The Associate Justices decide on the single voting counts and argue on the vote counts. The current Associate Justices include, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayer, Elena Kagan, and Neil Gorsuch. The decisions that the Supreme Court makes on the cases that it chooses to hear are critical when it comes to how we govern our Country.
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