The most likely problem is that state courts might make opposite rulings in the same type of case, or uphold laws contrary to Constitutional guarantees.
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it would mean that there would be no more tennis
The result would be no means of establishing justice, settling of disputes.
There would be no branch of government with responsibility of interpreting the laws enacted by the legislative branch.
if their was no court system their would be no justice so if a family member got killed by somebody nothing would happen to that person
No one would write a dissenting opinion.
Without a political system nation's would not be very orginized and everything would be upside down.
The US Supreme Court ruled that it lacked original jurisdiction over the case because the status of the Cherokee nation was not a state but a "denominated domestic dependent nation." Although the injunction was denied, the Court indicated it would be willing to review the matter on appeal from the lower courts. It appears the suit was not refiled in the lower courts.Case Citation:Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 US 1 (1831)For more information, see Related Questions, below.
Generally, the US Supreme Court will hear a case from US District Court on direct or expedited appeal if:The case is of such national or constitutional importance it would clearly be appealed to and accepted by the Supreme Court anyway; orThe case involves legislation in which Congress specified appeals of District Court decisions must go directly to the Supreme Court (bypassing the Circuit Court).
If we did not have the protection of Constitutional Rights there would be regional pockets of intolerance where the prevailing majorities would pass laws that violate the rights of the minorities. There would be no balance. It is part of human nature for the powerful to take advantage, and control, of the less powerful in order to further their own desires and self interests. If that were to happen we would descend into a quagmire of hodge-podge laws and we would lose the stability and intelligence of the national framework of equality we now experience.