CJA 354 U.S. Supreme Court Case

U.S. Supreme Court Case

CJA/354 Criminal Law

The Supreme Court of the United States is the Nation's highest court, and was established on 4, March 1789; the court is made up of a Chief Justice and five Associated Justices. From the time the United States established the Supreme Court there has been 112 Justices of the court, including 17 Chief Justices ("United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary ",n.d.). Over the years the United States Supreme Court has heard cases brought on by one state against another, between state and federal government known as "original jurisdiction" actions, cases from state courts, and cases brought up of reviewable decisions made in federal appellate or district courts ("Supreme Court Historical Society ",n.d.). The case...