Who decides which cases the Supreme Court will consider?

Answer 1

The Supreme Court receives about 10,000 petitions per year but only hears about 80. Some factors that the Supreme Court considers when deciding which cases to hear are; conflict of law, highly unusual cases, and the disregard of the lower court.

Answer 2

The Constitution, Congress and the US Supreme Court

Article III of the Constitution outlines which types of cases the Supreme Court may hear; Congress has authority (within certain limitations) to regulate which federal courts hear the cases listed in the Constitution; the US Supreme Court has full discretion over which petitioned cases it chooses to review.

Answer 3

Congress and the Constitution.

Article III of the Constitution outlines which types of cases the Supreme Court may hear; Congress has authority (within certain limitations) to regulate which federal courts hear the cases listed in the Constitution; the US Supreme Court has full discretion over which petitioned cases it chooses to review.

The court itself decides what specific cases it will review. The Supreme Court reviews only cases dealing with Constitutional law, and this is laid out in the Constitution and charter of the Supreme Court.

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Answer 4

The Supreme Court of the United States hears three kinds of cases. They must be the judge on cases of original jurisdiction or cases between states or between states and the federal government. They also hear cases from state courts that decide a federal question. Last and most numerous, the Supreme Court hears cases that are requests of a review of federal appellate or district court decision.

Answer 5

First, cases have to come up to the Supreme Court level through various appeals; they don't just instantly shoot up to the SC because a party wants it that way. When the case comes to the SC, the SC itself decides whether or not the case merits this highest level of appeal. It probably is the chief justice who makes the final call.

The Supreme Court does have primary jurisdiction over a small class of cases. One such case would be where the interests of two separate states are at odds.

Answer 6

The nine justices of the US Supreme Court decide which cases to hear and also render judgments in the cases.

Answer 7

The members of the US Supreme Court decide which cases the Court will consider. This is a voting process, but a majority is not required for the Court to hear a case.