Questions tagged [supreme-court]
In most instances is the highest court in a country and isn't always called as such - for example, the High Court of Australia. If the country has multiple supreme courts, specify which one in your question. Please also tag questions with the relevant country.
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What requirements are there for becoming a supreme court justice?
Can the president appoint anyone as a supreme court justice?
What requirements are there for becoming a supreme court justice? Do you need to be a lawyer or not?
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Why is changing the size of the Supreme Court considered dangerous today, when it has been done in the past?
Recently, there has been a lot of talk about "court packing", the process of increasing the size of the Supreme Court, thereby creating openings to be filled with new justices. A common ...
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Can the Supreme Court overturn an impeachment?
Article 2, Section 4 of the US Constitution states:
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, ...
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What exactly are the Chief Justice's powers and roles in "presiding" over a presidential impeachment proceeding?
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court presides over the Senate during an impeachment trial of the President of the United States.
My question is... what exactly does that mean? Does he just have to ...
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Why is the debate on the composition of the U.S. Supreme Court so politicised?
Why is the debate on the composition of the United States Supreme Court so politicised?
Many other countries, such as the United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, European Union, and others, have courts ...
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Why isn't the constitutionality of Trump's 2nd impeachment decided by the supreme court?
Just five GOP senators vote Trump impeachment trial is constitutional
As I understand the US supreme court, they rule on the constitutionality of issues. Therefore it seems like the question of ...
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Why wasn't Elena Kagan's lack of *judicial* experience an issue?
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Elena Kagan held the job of Solicitor General at the time she was nominated to the Supreme Court by Barack Obama.
Her legal bona fides ...
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Can the Supreme Court strike down an impeachment that wasn’t for ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’ or is Congress the sole judge?
If an impeachment for something clearly not a ‘high crime or misdemeanor’ were to go though for example for increasing tariffs, would the Supreme Court have the power to overturn their judgement?
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What procedure must one go through to expand the SCOTUS?
What process must one go through to increase the size of the SCOTUS? Would it be a simple bill that needs to be passed? Is this a "two-thirds" situations?
I can find on the internet that Congress ...
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Why are people protesting against Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett?
I saw on the news that people are protesting against Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.
I am not looking for any opinions, but would appreciate some background on these protests against her.
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What do Democrats have to gain, politically, by preventing Brett Kavanaugh's appointment to the Supreme Court?
From a purely political perspective: If his nomination is withdrawn, won't Trump just nominate another conservative judge (who would presumably be confirmed by the republican-controlled senate)?
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Why didn't Barack Obama try to force the Senate to hold hearings on SCOTUS nominee Merrick Garland?
US Constitution Article 2 says this about the appointments to the Supreme Court:
[the President] shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent
of the Senate, shall appoint (...) Judges ...
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Can the Democrats filibuster the vote for a new judge for the Supreme Court?
The Republicans will try to install a new judge for the Supreme Court before the election.
Can the Democrats prolong this process, e.g. by filibuster, so that it does not finish on time?
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Is this proposal by U.S. presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg to change the composition of the Supreme Court constitutional?
Pete Buttigieg is running as a candidate for the U.S. Democratic Presidential Primary to become the Democratic Presidential Nominee. He recently(-ish) said he was looking into/supportive of a plan ...
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Doesn't the system of the Supreme Court oppose justice?
I'm new to US politics and the Judicial Branch in the US.
First to clarify:
I know that members of the supreme court get chosen by the president and therefore often share the same political views. I'm ...
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