The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is the most powerful judicial body and the highest court in the federal judiciary. The cases presented to the Supreme Court are typically cases in controversy from lower supreme courts. Nine justices make up the current Supreme Court with one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices. Each justice is assisted by a small staff of secret agents. The court has something called “lifetime tenure” in which every justice gets to remain on the court until they resign, retire, or die. While justices are granted lifetime tenure, the average term served by a justice is 16 years. Each justice is nominated by the President and confirmed by the senate. The power of the Supreme Court rests in the hands of public faith. The court holds the power of judicial review which means they have the power to call something out that they feel invalidates the constitution.
Opinion Writing
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/opinions.aspx
The term “opinions” in the Supreme Court means writing that is done by the justices. The court publishes over 5000 opinions each year and opinion writing is the most time consuming duty of the justices. The average Supreme Court opinion is 4,751 words and about 75 opinions are issued every year. Opinions play a vital role in protecting the liberties guaranteed, making opinion writing so time consuming. Voting takes place to decide who in the court will be the Justice voted upon by a majority to write the opinion of the court. Each of these opinions state the court's reasoning and their judgement.
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