I am not the most political or historical person, as I don’t keep up with that stuff. So, this was an excellent opportunity to learn about our history and some political views of the court. Although I don’t think I was in class for the video, I decided to research the court.
I learned a lot about the Supreme Court. Some information that you didn't already know was that there was a Chief Justice. I knew we had nine members of the Supreme Court, but not that there was a leader over the associate justices. Chief Justice oversees the federal judiciary and presides over presidential impeachment trials in the Senate.
The most essential takeaway point about the Supreme Court was that it has a Republican majority, with a ratio of six to three.
The most surprising thing you learned was that they have lifetime appointments, with the oldest person being Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Being 90 is a crazy fact to me, as a person should have a limit just in case they become corrupt or confused the older they get. I wonder what happens when people want you to resign and you refuse.
The information I learned changed the way I thought of the Supreme Court as a judicial review court. I always thought they were the highest court, and when there was an issue, it would be taken to them. However, thanks to Marbury v. Madison, they have the power to strike down laws or government actions that violate the Constitution.
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