Supreme Court: The ulimate law-enforcer

 

    Growing up I saw the Supreme Court as the silent big sister of the executive and legislative branch. The Supreme Court was subtle surveillance of the 3 bickering children under which The Supreme Court had the power of checks and balance in a stronger form than the rest.

Allow me to break down my analogy.

    

    The Legislative branch is a set of twins who choose to fight each other as legislation is passed along. The fraternal twins are divided due to the major ideas that stand in their house. The counter ideologies choose to be at major extremes instead of being able to compromise for the betterment of the nation.

    

    

    The executive branch holds the president, one of the highest standing political roles in the United States. The contributions that are given to the legislative branch differs from president to president. Our current President has chosen to seek war against anything outside of his ideology. Initially, he was backed by his political idea to lead the Senate and fought by the opposing House of Representatives.

This is where the Judicial branch comes in. The judicial branch was birthed in case of an emergency that legislation is produced that rebelled against or sought to deny any of the original laws and rights established in the constitution by our Founding Fathers.

    

    Although this was the original purpose is not often The Judicial branch is called upon to address behavior like this by the other branches. The supreme court practices certiorari, this way they reserve the right to address cases of their choosing. The Court usually only accepts about 2% of the petitions it receives, but if accepted, divisive debates usually follow during the oral arguments.

    

    During the debate, each side is given thirty minutes to state their case and answer questions from the Justices. Justice is barred from directly asking each other questions but tend to question lawyers to make direct certain points to a fellow Justice. This forces Justices to allow other perspectives to be expressed. By adding a middle man some tension is relieved and the discussion proceeds with ease. Furthermore, Justices always begin by shaking hands, this establishes a personal connection and reminds them that all parties involved are serving in the public's interest.