Blog Entry 2

What are the judicial powers of the US Supreme Court and where does this power come from (specific documents)?

The Supreme Court power comes from a couple different places. The Supreme court originally gained their power from Article III of the constitution. Article III gave the Supreme court power to rule on all issues related to the U.S constitutions as well as issues regarding the U.S as a party controversies between states, state vs. citizen of another state, citizens in different states and more. This power came from the founding fathers and cannot be negotiated as it is a constitutional role they hold. The Supreme court was given more power from the Judiciary act of 1789. The Judiciary act created a three court system of the federal court system of federal district courts, three circuit court, and the last being the Supreme Court. This court system made it so many cases when through the lower courts before if ever getting to the Supreme Court. This has the effect that the Supreme Courts is the most powerful court and has the option of having the last say on a case which is called appellate jurisdiction. Appellate Jurisdiction gives the Supreme Court the power to review previous court cases ruled in lower courts. The Supreme Court also has the power to deem laws or actions of the government as unconstitutional and that is how they regulate the other branches. In the case of Gibbons V. Ogden the Supreme Court gave congress a the power of Commence through a constitutional right.