The Supreme Court.

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The Supreme Court

How a case reaches the Supreme Court Cases mostly come from lower courts The justices on the court pick what cases they want to decide on They will pick cases that affect many people They also pick cases that deal with the constitutional questions Supreme Court Appellate Court District Court Prior Knowledge: How many district courts are there? (94) Appellate Courts? (12) Examples of Constitutional Questions: Gideon and Miranda

Supreme Court Caseload This is the number of cases sent to the supreme court and then how many they decided on each year. (Each decision has what is called an opinion, which is like the ruling of the Supreme Court) Has the number of opinions written by the Supreme Court since 1968 gone up or down? (Down)

Job of the Court For the cases they pick, they interpret the Constitution This means that they explain how the Constitution applies to the problem, and what the right solution is.

Steps of a Case 1. The lawyers for each side write a Brief A Brief is a document that tells that person’s side of a case 2. Then the justices study the cases 3. Then each lawyer has 30 minutes to present their side (The justices can interrupt at any time with questions) 4. The justices go into Conference 5. The justices write Opinions

Conference (Step 4) The justices meet in secret No other person is allowed inside the meetings except for the 9 justices The chief justice is in charge and leads discussion They discuss and then vote on each case A majority vote decides each case

Opinions (Step 5) The justices write opinions, which tells the following: The facts of the case The Ruling (decision) of the case The Reasoning behind the ruling All of the names of the justices who agree

Types of Opinions Unanimous Opinion – When all 9 justices agree Majority Opinion – When the majority of justices write an opinion Concurring Opinion – When justice agrees with the decision, but for different reasons Dissenting Opinion – When a justice disagrees with everyone else

Supreme Court Website https://www.supremecourt.gov/

Current Supreme Court Justices Died in February 2016

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