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Supreme Court Procedures: Law Clerks

Supreme Court Procedures: Law Clerks

The most esteemed job in the United States is arguably that of a Supreme Court Justice. Established in Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court of the United States currently holds nine Justices on the Court. To become a Supreme Court Justice, the...

The U.S. Court System

The U.S. Court System

The U.S. Court system has two main branches. Federal courts decide cases brought against the United States, and cases that involve federal laws. States also have their own court systems authorized to hear cases involving citizens and laws of a particular state or...

July 7: Tuesday Round-Up

July 7: Tuesday Round-Up

In today’s issue of Edith Robert’s Tuesday Round-Up, she highlights a unanimous decision pertaining to the penalization of presidential electors who vote for candidates they did not pledge to support; the ruling here was that laws that punish electors do not go against the Constitution.