United States Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court has been around for over 200 years, and with that, there are years of knowledge, history, and inevitable change. The video on the Supreme Court reiterated information that I already knew like basic information of the Supreme Court - i.e. 9 justices serve - and a lot of things that I had never known or heard before. Something that I feel is a common theme for me is that there are a lot of things I need to read up on more and delve into.
I learned many things about the Supreme Court through the video, such as the fact that the Supreme Court remains the most powerful body in the world. There have been a total of just over 100 justices who have served on the court, serving an average of 16 years. I also learned that the citizens of the US have not always accepted the power of the Supreme Court, before a man named John Marshall that is, who helped establish a principle known as "judicial review" in the famous case "Marbury V. Madison"
I also learned that the Supreme Court receives over 7000 cases a year, they accept roughly 100 a year and a justice reviews them once a week; along with the fact that the justices are independent and do their own work. The most surprising thing I learned, also my biggest takeaway, is the confirmation process. It is a very important process in which the nominee is confirmed into the Court and essentially separates themselves from civil opinion and influence and makes them their own entity. Another strength they have is that they can check the actions of both other branches of the U.S. government.
The video drastically changed the way I think about the Supreme Court, honestly, it taught me a lot about it. Especially the fact that the Supreme Court is not an entity of 9 justices who think the same and work together. It is a composition of entities that each have their own opinion and work together to decide what is, or isn't, constitutional. It also changed the way I think about the justices, the same idea of being their own person and deciding everything based upon their own opinion and that of their colleagues
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