The Supreme Court

   
When learning about the United States government in school we always learned the least about the Supreme Court compared to the other branches of government. One thing I always wondered however, was how the Supreme Court met to come to their conclusions. It was surprising to see in part one of the video that they meet in way less complex than it seems. I was unaware they would all go over the details of a case separately and meet with each other later on to discuss their thoughts and make their arguments. I knew it was a difficult job, but it gives me more context into how much work they each have to put into the cases individually so they can have an unbiased outcome. To me, it seems more efficient to go over the details together so everyone could potentially be on the same page and nobody would overlook certain details. 

    Another detail I never knew about the Supreme Court was how the public perception for it was terrible until John Marshall was appointed as Chief Justice. The video didn't talk about for long, but it was interesting how he set the standard for the Supreme Court to use the constitution as a guidebook for their decision in cases. Like the quote mentioned with the statue of him, "Never forget it is a constitution we are expounding." I decided to look into how the Supreme Court operated prior to Marshall's nomination. In a book about the history of the Supreme Court, there was a time where Justices would be appointed, but never serve on the Supreme Court, alongside other malpractices being perpetuated by a loose string of rules. 

 

   There is very little context given in schools to how many cases are given to the court either, and how many of them are turned away from further adjudication. I like that in the video, one of the justices made it clear that just because the Supreme Court didn't take on a particular case, it didn't mean they thought the case correctly ruled.