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HISTORY OF THE SUPREME COURT



The Supreme Court was established on March 4th, 1789 but was not used for checks and balances purposes until much later in U.S History. There are many flags that popped into my head when I saw the YouTube videos. Many new things that I also learned throughout the two parts which were really interesting. 

I have always loved that the Supreme Court is able to change subtle details of the constitution or moderate it just a little since the document is very old in age. What I also knew was the president was able to elect a judge, because it let other branches also have some say in what happens. This can be looked as a good thing or bad thing because it depends on the party you reign with and whether that judge will be able to fulfill his/her duty.
One thing that was interesting was the fact that a Justice can serve for more than 16 years, that was the first red flag that popped out to be me. The reason is because as time goes on, society modernizes, and many things change. This can be a conflict because a Justice has all the power when it comes to the Supreme Court and the cases, and to think that the same 9 voices will be in charge of making sure everything is fair in the constitution and regulating it for 16 years is a very controversial  concept. 
--- At the same time though being a Justice is a very important job so the fact that there has been about 100 justices throughout U.S history is also a very important piece of information because you can tell they try to put the best of the best.
Another thing that raised a flag was the fact that they said it takes 5 years to forget that they are working there in order to do a better job. I think this might be a problem, it goes back to the thought that a Justice can serve for as long as they want, so for the first few years they can basically slack or not be qualified and prepared for the job as one would hope. I understand that you need time to adjust to things, but a lot of things happen in 5 years, for one a new president comes in every 4 years and then every two years we vote for congressmen again. If a person has that much power under their belt, the job should not be taken lightly, because we expect all branches to do their best work and foremost do for the people of our country.

Something I did enjoy was the partnership between all of the Justices. It goes to show that even when there are hard decisions to make, they try to compromise and help one another understand their perspective, which is something you don't see a lot in the government now a days because everyone is so stuck on parties and not the overall issues.

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  1. Prof. SmithApril 25, 2020 at 12:41 PM

    Lisbeth, glad to see you're starting to catch up. Be sure to see the Check List in the e-mail I just sent out and try to do as many of those as possible. Just get as much done as you can by Thursday. I know you can do it. JUST KEEP GOING!!!

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