Blog post: Supreme Court

  The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is the judicial branch of the government and the highest court in the country. It has jurisdiction over state and local governments. The supreme court's main job is to interpret the law and defend the constitution. the do this by often hearing cases from smaller courts and ensuring cases follow the rules and laws laid out in the constitution.

Supreme Court Case of 1952: Brown V. Board of Education

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, was a decision in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. The Court's unanimous decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal", and violate the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The Browns and twelve other black families similarly filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court against the Topeka Board of Education, claiming that its segregation policy was unconstitutional. The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas held a verdict against the Browns, using the precedent of the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, where the Court had ruled that racial segregation was not a violation of the Equal Protection Clause. The Browns, who were represented by Thurgood Marshall, appealed to the Supreme Court . The Court's decision overruled Plessy v. Ferguson by declaring that the "separate but equal" doctrine was unconstitutional for American public schools and educational facilities

the Supreme Court has so much power because it is necessary to give a body of people the ability to discuss issues that could impact many people and allow them to throughly study the constitution and ensure that even the smallest of cases brought to them are being done properly.

The nine current Supreme Court justices are: Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito, Elena Kagan, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Stephen Breyer, Amy Barrett

For more information about the United States Supreme Court, visit its website : https://www.supremecourt.gov