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The United States Supreme Court. By: Alexus Moore. The Government. 3 Branches. Judicial Branch. Judicial Branch:Headed by the Supreme Court. Its powers include interpreting the Constitution, reviewing laws, and deciding cases involving states' rights. What is the supreme Court.
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The United States Supreme Court By: Alexus Moore
The Government 3 Branches
Judicial Branch • Judicial Branch:Headedby the Supreme Court. Its powers include interpreting the Constitution, reviewing laws, and deciding cases involving states' rights.
What is the supreme Court • The highest judicial in most Us states. • The highest federal court in the Us, consisting of nine justices and taking judicial precedence over all other courts in the nation
What is the supreme Court • The supreme Court consists of the chief Justice of the United State and such number of Associtae Justice as may be fixed by Congress.
What is the supreme Court • The Term. The term of the court begins, by law, on the first Monday in October and lasts unit the first Monday in October of the next year .Aopproximaly 10,000 petition are filed with the court in the course of a term.Inaddition,some 1,200 application of various kinds are filed each year that can be acted upon by a single Justice.
The Justices • John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States • John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States • Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice, • Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice, • Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice,
The Justices • Stephen G. Breyer, Associate Justice • Samuel Anthony Alito,Jr.,Associate Justice • Sonia Sotomayor,Associtae Justices • Elena Kagan,Associate Justices