The Supreme Court justices hear cases in the courtroom of the Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC.
The Supreme Court alone decides which cases, and how many they will hear.
The Supreme Court alone decides which cases, and how many they will hear.
The Supreme Court takes substantially all of its cases on appeal. Parties displeased with the ruling in their cases may request a writ of certiorari praying that the Supreme Court hear their case. The Supreme Court reviews the requests and chooses which cases to hear. Typically, the only cases granted certiorari are those that implicate important and contested questions of Constitutional significance or public policy.
A limit not placed on the supreme court is that they get to choice which cases they want to hear. The supreme court holds the full say so in which cases they choice and they only hear few cases throughout the year.
The Supreme Court hears three kinds of cases. Cases appealed from lower federal courts account for two-thirds of the cases they hear. They also hear cases appealed from state's supreme courts, and sometimes hear cases that have not been previously heard by a lower court, such as between one state's government and another.
The Congressperson's law could not be passed because the Supreme Court is granted jurisdiction through the Constitution. Judicial power in the United States is granted through article three.
The US Supreme Court is an appellate court under most circumstances. If it grants certiorari, it will hear the case.This question only makes sense if you're trying to determine whether an intermediate appellate court will hear a case from a trial court if the case has been accepted on direct, or expedited, appeal to the Supreme Court. The answer to that question is no. Cases granted certiorari on direct appeal bypass the intermediate appellate court.
The Supreme Court hears any cases that involve the interpretation of the Constitution.
Congress has authority to set or change the US Supreme Court's appellate jurisdiction. The Supreme Court itself has full discretion over which cases it chooses to hear under its appellate jurisdiction.
The Supreme Court has discretion to hear whatever cases it chooses. Broadly speaking some types of cases that are more likely to be granted certiorari are those where there is a major difference on the issue between two or more Circuit Courts of Appeal, cases where a statute was found to be unconstitutional, and cases with a high degree of public interest, sometimes shown by the number of amicus briefs filed.
Constitution, treaties, or Federal Laws