The Supreme Court

In our country, the Supreme Court holds a great deal of power being the highest form of a court in the United States. It has the final say in a court dispute or disagreement about a law brought through a lawsuit. The Constitution does not explicitly say that there has to be a Supreme Court, it was basically just created in 1789 when the Supreme Court got the power of Judicial Review out of the blue in a sense. Congress however, decides in which way the Supreme Court is constructed. In the beginning there were only 6 Justices and there had been a high of 10 during WW II. The Supreme court and other branches of the government are all arguably equal in power. For example, there are three branches of government and each and every one of them have their own role and ways to overrule another branch. This
Furthermore, the Constitution states that Congress ultimately decides on what way the Supreme Court is constructed. Article III section I states: “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.” This again is referring to the Judicial Powers that the Supreme Court holds. The Supreme Court, however, in no way can write or create a law, it can merely interpret the law in question by declaring it constitutional or not. The Marbury v Madison case was one of, if not the most important cases that the Supreme Court has had. It, in a way, gave the Supreme court the power of Judicial Review by Chief Justice John Marshall calling into question Madison. Yet another important moment for was not a case, but an Act, the Act of 1925. Also known as the Certiorari Act, it was made to reduce the workload of the Justices. The Supreme Court has agreed to review 100-150 cases per year as opposed to the 7,000 that come across their