A Survey on the US Supreme Court
Subject Areas : Journal of Law and Politics
محمد
Amjad
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(ندارد)
Keywords: Judicial Supervision, Judicial Self-Restraint, Judicial Dynamism, Constitution, Federalism, Federalists,
Abstract :
The United States is a federal system in which poweris distributed among the states and the federal governmenton the one hand and the legislature, the executive and thejudiciary on the other. The US Supreme Court is comprised ofnine members appointed by the president for life time. Thesejudges may not be dismissed except through indictment. Themembers of the US Supreme Court are among the country’selites and mainly belong to the higher strata of middle classes.The presidents seek to appoint those for this position who arecloser to them ideologically. Notwithstanding, all members of theSupreme Court preserve their independence and act contrary tothe presidents’ opinions on many occasions. In this article, theauthor endeavors to explain the structure and functions of theUS Supreme Court, and its role and impact on the political-socialdevelopments of US society.