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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.
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MaxineThe Supreme Court has some element of politics in the sense that the Presidents who appoint justices to the court have poltiical motives for making the choices that they do (i.e., they want someone who falls on a certain side of the great pro-life vs. pro-choice debate in America) but the justices do not actually have to run for office and they can operate on purely legal principles, not on the basis of making the voters happy, therefore I would say that the institution of the Supreme Court is legal rather than political.
Although is is meant to be a nonpartisan institution, it is in reality quite political. The most extreme example of this was the Bush victory in 2000, over Gore. Despite Gore having won the popular vote (as well as the electoral vote, many believe, by having ostensibly won Florida), the Supreme Court voted 5-4, along partisan lines, to hand the presidency to Bush.
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What is the highest level of institution of judiciary?
The Supreme Court of the United States (also called the US Supreme Court) is the highest court in the federal Judicial Branch.
What is the crux of a political institution?
Political institutions works as structures of governments like executive departments. (for example: Supreme Court and FED; Federal Reserve Board) They can be housed in impressed buildings or not. They are part of authority. Over time, people have become used to looking the them to solve problems.
What do you think of Supreme Court Justices having political party affiliations?
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.
What was Roosevelt's major political failure?
His plan to expand the Supreme Court His plan to replace Supreme Court justices His plan to pack the courts.
Who or what is the head of the Judicial Branch of the US government?
The Supreme Court of the United States, as an institution, is head of the Judicial branch of government. The Chief Justice of the United States (colloquially known as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court) leads during his tenure.Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., has presided over the US Supreme Court since 2005.
