History of the Supreme Court

The U.S Supreme Court is the highest level and most powerful justice system in our country. The system first began under the passage of the Judiciary Act in 1789, and became official in 1790 with its first formal assembly. The court system then moved to D.C in 1801, to be in the Capitol building.
Once in D.C, John Marshel led the first official movement which dealt with a strike of an act of congress being unconstitutional. This case helped make the constitution more effective and fair.

Being appointed to serve on the Supreme Court is a challenging but honorary job. In order to serve in the Supreme Court, the President of The United States must appoint the Judge. Although a President serves for 4-8 years, many judges stay in position longer than the President that appointed them. The average time served for a judge is 16 years, but many judges chose to stay longer.

Today, 9 judges make up the Supreme Court. On average, they receive about 7,000 cases a year- including protest and arguments or verdicts from lowers courts. However, only about 100 are accepted. To this day, the system still relies heavily on tradition and the power of public faith.

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EOTO pt. 2

While watching and listening to the other groups I learned many things. However, one topic I found particularly interesting was from group 1- the topic of an Echo Chamber. Before the presentation, I did know the term 'echo chamber', but I was familiar with the definition. The group member defined an echo chamber as a situation/group in which beliefs are amplified and reenforced in groups or organizations. Within these groups people share a common viewpoint and do not contradict each other but rather support and encourage. While presenting, the group pointed out that echo chambers can be very negative because they are sheltering and lead to polarization and bias opinions. I would for sure agree with this because when you don't allow yourself to be exposed to other ideas and thoughts, you are limiting yourself and your awareness for others. I think we live in such a diverse society with many different religions and cultures, and because of that, it is important to respe

Speech Theories

Out of the 8 values of free expression, number 7- Promotion Innovation sticks out to me and is something I value. Promotion Innovation is defined as, “A community in which free speech is valued and protected is likely to be a more energized, creative, interesting society as its citizens actively fulfill themselves in many diverse and interesting ways.” I believe that is true because every citizen has the right to express their voice/ opinion and have it valued. Also, without freedom of speech our society would be limited and boring; we would all be forced to do the same things and follow a leader along with his/her ideas. I also think this is the most inspiring because it is promoting creativity among citizens. Without people trying new things, being energized and creative, our world would lack passion and new ideas. This idea applies to technology, innovations, and other everyday things we use. Without creativity, we may not have a lot of things our society depends

The Progressive Era -Substance due Process

I think the Progressive Era was a helpful time for the U.S- establishing new acts and further protecting our constitutional rights. For example, a change that particularly should be noted is the change of Substance Due Process. This is the process by which the court "adds substance to the word liberty in the due process clause - including how one wants to run business and create new rights based on this" (Smith lecture 9/19). I think this a useful act to have because it supports our country's amendments and allows citizens to have more freedom and rights when operating businesses and practicing the 1st amendment. However, I think that this term is also somewhat of a grey area. Because it allows more freedom for people, some may take it too far and act out in hate, violence, etc. because they believe they are protected. One example of this would be people making threats to our country or threats to a certain race/ religious group. Because we live in such a violent world,

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