Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Should we Abolish the Supreme Court

Should we Abolish the Supreme Court?

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Before we are able to answer the main question of this post; we should know some of the basic facts of the Supreme Court and what they do. The Supreme Court is consisted of nine justices who don't necessarily have a law background, but most of them do. There are no restrictions as who can be a justice because the Constitution does not place limitations on who can or can not be a justice. Within a year the court receives around 7,000 to 8,000 cases to review, but they are able to pick and choose which ones they would like to look at. They typically are able to hear 70-80 cases.

Going back to our main discussion; recently the Supreme Court's credibility has been in question. The most recent case is the Brett Kavanaugh and the whole debacle behind that. Others that come up would be legalizing same sex marriage and praying in public schools. The Supreme Court has denied rights and have disappointed the public for many years now. The highest part of the governmental branch has been passing vague laws that can interpreted in many different ways and can become very confusing. Many people believe that the Supreme Court has too much authority and the other lower branches of government can't do much to fix it. The only remotely way to change the Supreme Court would be adding a new member of justice once one of them steps down. This can be in one's favor depending on their political views. The newest member is Brett Kavanaugh and he was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts. Kavanaugh mostly sides with the Republican party with four other justices. 


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