Focuses on the organizational structure of the U.S. Supreme Court. Number of judges in the Court allowed under the constitution; History of the Court; Controversies surrounding Supreme Court judges.John V. OrthUniversity of Minnesota Law SchoolConstitutional Commentary...
While it's true that many judges on lower courts (state, appellate, and local courts) are elected by popular vote, just like any politician, the nine justices that serve on the United States Supreme Court are not. When the Supreme Court has a v...
All other cases reach the Court on appeal from lower courts. Although Congress has the right to decide how many judges are on the Supreme Court, it can’t change the powers given to the Court by the Constitution. The Judiciary Act of 1789 established the Court with one chief justice and ...
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Scalia explains that if Judges are going to make the law instead of interpreting the law, then they have to be vetted for what kind of policies they are going to pass in their opinions. Scalia of course disagrees vigorously with judges who substitute their own will for the law. Nevertheless...
approving federal judges and justices, passing the national budget, and declaring war. Each state gets two Senators and some number of Representatives, depending on how many people live in that state. The executive branch is described in Article 2 of the Constitution. ...
This Court has never suggested that the policy considerations which compel civil immunity for certain governmental officials also place them beyond the reach of the criminal law. Even judges, cloaked with absolute civil immunity for centuries, could be punished criminally”). The public interest in ...
HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT VACANCY — President Donald Trump says he expects to announce his pick for the Supreme Court on Friday or Saturday. — Potential nominees include federal appellate judges Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoa. — Kamala Harris is poised to ...
Although Congress has impeached and removedeight federal officials—all federal judges—no president has ever been found guilty during a Senate impeachment trial.Andrew Johnsoncame awfully close, though; he barely escaped a guilty verdict by one vote. ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Four years ago, Amy Coney Barrett was a little-known law professor in Indiana. Within weeks, she is likely to be the newest associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.