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Supreme Court Justices do not necessarily have parties because they do not run for a political seat. The criteria for a supreme court justice has to be someone who is familiar with the law such as a former lawyer. If Supreme Court justices ran on a political platform that could complicate the position they hold because many political parties have money or a platform they run on.
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What does the Marshal of the Court cry out at the beginning of each US Supreme Court session?
Opening the session:"The Honorable, the Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States."As the Justices enter the courtroom:"Oyez, oyez, oyez: All persons having business before the Honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States, are admonished to draw near and give their attention, for the Court is now sitting. God save the United States and this honorable Court."
In what respects is the US Supreme Court a political institution?
The supreme court's decisions ultimately reform laws, for better or for worse. The supreme court can be viewed as its own government, just as the legislative and executive branch are. The executive branch, alone, is a despotism government. The legislative branch, alone, is a democratic government, and the supreme court, or judicial branch, is a republic government. Using checks and balances, no branch may have real power over the other. The supreme court's decision in a case may be opened again, if the defendant or the plaintiff is unsatisfied with the result, and doing so is expensive but may change America's fate with the new verdict. What is said during the case will also affect the way laws work. If someone committed major fraud, but fraud against an enemy of the country, such as a spy, the supreme court may say that habeas corpus may be suspended by a civilian if believed to be an enemy of the country.
Do you believe having political parties helps or hurts the nation?
do you believe having political partieshelps or hurts the nation
Have all US Supreme Court justices been lawyers?
No, eight of the nine members of the current Court served as US Court of Appeals Circuit judges prior to being elevated to the Supreme Court, and Justice Sotomayor has also served as a District Court (trial) judge. The newest justice to join the Court, Elena Kagan, is the lone exception; she has served as US Solicitor General, Associate White House Counsel, Dean of Harvard Law School, and as a Law Professor, but had no judicial experience prior to taking the Oath of Office on August 7, 2010. Having prior judicial experience is not a constitutional requirement, but a fairly recent trend toward seating justices with prior judicial experience for practical purposes. It was less common in the past to select candidates with judicial experience. At one time, members of the Court were more likely to be selected from the political ranks: former Senators, House members, cabinet members, State Governors, and members of State legislature were well represented. Some past justices had made distinguished careers as lawyers, and were selected on the basis of their legal reputations. Kagan was US Solicitor General immediately prior to her nomination, the first justice in 40 years not to have experience on the bench. There are no constitutionally mandated qualifications for Supreme Court Justices; however, all 112 past and present members of the Court are, or have been, lawyers.
Is there only one Supreme Court in the US?
There is only one Supreme Court of the United States; however, each state has its own "supreme court," although a few name theirs differently. (For example, the highest appellate court in New York is the New York Court of Appeals; the supreme courts are their trial courts).
