My reflection of the Supreme court

To be completely honest I didn’t think that the supreme court was really all that important to the average everyday person. Most people don’t commit crimes so why would anyone have to petition the court. With the few exceptions being high profile cases where citizens brought a hot topic to the supreme court in hope that they would rule in their favor, think “Roe v Wade” or “Brown v Board of education.” I realized that I was completely wrong: you don’t have to be a criminal or a lawyer to get the court's attention. Anyone with a petition can get their case sent to the supreme courts and that even someone like me could get a case seen by the judges.

The supreme court gets a little over 7,000 cases a year which is insane yet remarkable but they can only really handle about 80-100 cases. They have to filter through thousands of cases a year and determine if the judicial process was unfair or incorrect then they must bring it to the other supremes and they have to decide if they want to take on that particular case. It's very daunting and I have to respect them and everyone involved in such a serious yet tedious process that can go on for months.

While learning about the judges it was funny to hear that despite the president nominating a supreme that belongs to the same political party or shares similar views to them, it can backfire on them and have mixed results; and that’s a good thing. Despite your political views a judge should follow the law and make decisions based around the laws that have been established by our forefathers. My key takeaway is that the supreme court is the backbone of our government and are the “checks and balances’ that are there to keep the legislative and executive branches of government in check while also lending a helping hand to American citizens when we need it.