Blog #2

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

Most of the judicial powers the US Supreme Court receives comes from Article III section 2 of the Constitution. Some powers given to the Supreme Court is the ability to hear certain special cases as stated in Article III section 2. They are given limited judicial powers as presented in the Three Tier System. The Three Tier structure of the federal court goes as follows: 1. Trial Tier, 2. Appellate Tier and 3. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court, as seen by many as the highest court system in America, is actually the lowest based on the Three Tier System of the federal court. It is a step above federal supreme courts and they are given the right to primarily hear cases directly from US district courts. It also limits the number to only nine justices on Supreme Court.