How does the Supreme Court work?

 

The Supreme Court is something that everyone should have an idea about and how things, such as cases get processed through it. I personally had no idea how the Supreme Court worked other than there are only 4 women out of 9 members that make up the court. So, watching this video was very beneficial in teaching me a lot of things I never knew before.

Did you know the court room is open to the public at all times? I forswore didn't and I really wish I lived closer to Washington D.C because I would love to go and watch some of these cases get processed. The court receives up to 7,000 different cases a year but only around 100 get approved fully, for the court to even consider a case, the case must be brought to them. They can not go seeking an issue unless it is brought to their attention by the people.

Being a justice on the Supreme Court can be stressful, because you never know what you are walking into until you start the job. It's said to be that "you don't really start doing you work until you forget that you are here", I found this quote really interesting because I believe this relates to a lot of other things rather than just the job, due to things like stress and anxiety. So, it's only when you forget that you're there and are comfortable with the environment that you officially start doing your best work. 

As everyone else on the world, they do come to disagreements but at the end of the day they have the same objective of making sure justice and the law is being distributed fairly and respect each other’s good faith. Even during the trials they each have 3 different types of arguments " the one they planned to give, the one they gave, and the one they wish they gave", I found this important to mention because I feel that is how most people think in everyday life when they go into doing something which makes me remember that the people on this court are just people trying to do their job to the best of their ability. 

One of the most surprising things that shocked me to find out was that the opinion writing about a case can take up to 9 weeks and adjustments to that final draft can go on for months. the reason it goes on for so long is because in their opinion writings they are trying to get their point across to the other members who may disagree so that they may change their mind on the issue at the time. The releases of all the opinions doesn't happen until late June when they are close to the end of the term, which can at a shock as well because I thought they got released whenever the issue was done being discussed and was voted on.

Overall, I found this video was very informational and would highly recommend everyone to learn about the Supreme Court because it is something that impacts a lot of important cases that affect our lives. If we aren't aware of how decisions are made then how are we allowed to judge their decisions since we do are not aware of how if works.