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The Supreme Court now has an opening due to the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. The new president will nominate someone to fill it. Other justices may also die or retire during the next four years. If so, the new president will also nominate candidates to fill their positions.
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Who will be the next US Supreme Court justice?
President Obama appointed US Solicitor General Elena Kagan to succeed Justice Stevens on the US Supreme Court. Kagan was confirmed by a 63-37 vote of the Senate on August 5, 2010, and joined the Court on August 7.
Is it fair for the vice-president to preside over the senate at the impeacment of a president when he is next in line for that office?
The Vice-President does not preside at an impeachment of a President. The Constitution requires that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court preside over an impeachment trial.
When the US Supreme Court is done with the bill who checks it next?
The Supreme Court doesn't 'check' bills. They have nothing to do with a bill. They interpret laws that have been passed. If Congress or the President want someone to 'check' a bill and give them an opinion on the legality of it, they will ask the Attorney General.
After state supreme court what is next?
That depends on the case. Often, the state supreme court is the end of the road for a case, making the decision of the state supreme court final and binding. Sometimes cases involved federal questions (issues arising under the US Constitution or federal law) that allow them to be appealed to the US Supreme Court. If the US Supreme Court hears such a case, it may affirm or overturn the state supreme court decision.
Who is higher than the president of the us?
i know there is an organization that makes the decision of who the next president is gonna be with out our voice. funny huh? :)
Can one appeal from the Court of Appeals?
Yes, unless it's a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.
What is the Supreme Court term?
United States Supreme Court yearly terms begin the first Monday in October and end the next year prior to the start of the new term, with actual sessions ending in July or June. Supreme Court justices are appointed for life.
Who is the highest ranked in US government?
The Governor is the highest ranking official in a State. However, he is kept in check by the state congress and the state supreme court.
What is one case in which the supreme court upheld a restriction on symbolic speech?
Do your history homework next time
How does the term of US Supreme Court justices differ from the other federal office holders?
Article III judges, including US Supreme Court justices, are appointed for a lifetime. Under Articles I and II, members of Congress and the President are elected for fixed terms, and must run for reelection every 2, 4 or 6 years, perpetually or until their term limits are exhausted or they are defeated. The President's Cabinet members and certain other political officeholders are appointed, but generally serve only during that President's administration and are replaced by the next incoming President. Supreme Court justices are also appointed, but serve until they resign, retire or die, unless they commit an impeachable offense and are impeached, convicted and removed from office.
Can the supreme court determine the successor in case the president and vice president die?
If the president and the vice president die or become incapacitated simultaneously or in any way that prevented the nomination of a new vice president, the speaker of the house is next in the line of succession. While this has never happened, and some believe it is unconstitutional to have a technically unelected president, the 20th amendment gives Congress the power to decide who is next in succession after the vice president, and the law they passed to decide it is the Presidential Succession Act of 1947.
Can the US Supreme Court make a decision even if the President and Congress disagree?
Yes, the Supreme Court is independent of the President and Congress, so their rulings do occasionally result in conflicts with the Executive or Legislative branches. The President cannot veto Supreme Court decisions, and has no other recourse to change decisions he (or she) dislikes.Congress can pass new legislation that satisfies the constitutional challenges raised by laws that have been nullified, unless the principle behind the law is, itself, unconstitutional, which is what they did in response to Hamden v. Rumsfeld,(2006). This also served the interests of the President, so he had an indirect impact on the Supreme Court in that case.The Supreme Court is part of the system of "checks and balances" on the power of the Executive and Legislative branches when it ensures neither section of our tripartite government exceeds its authority and seizes too much power, or violates people's constitutional rights by passing laws that undermine guaranteed protection. Congress and the President, in turn, have means of checking the power of the Supreme Court.Examples of Supreme Court Decisions Presidents Didn't LikePresident Roosevelt, for example, wasn't particularly happy about the Court's ruling in a number of New Deal cases. The Supreme Court determined in Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan, 293 U.S. 388 (1935), that Congress had inappropriately delegated its power to the President, who attempted to impose penalties on oil companies that withdrew and shipped more than a specified amount of oil interstate and to other countries.President Truman was annoyed by the Court's decision in the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, 343 U.S. 579 (1952), (also called the Steel Seizure Case) when the Court determined Truman had overstepped his authority by attempting to seize operation of the nation's steel manufacturers during the Korean War in order to avert a threatened United Steel Workers of America strike.More recently, President George W. Bush was thwarted in his attempt to remove the Supreme Court from participating in legal actions initiated by detainees at Guantanamo in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006). This was only a temporary victory for the liberal faction of the Court, however, because Justice Antonin Scalia, in his dissenting opinion, drew a blueprint for Congress to circumvent the Court's ruling. It's been rumored that Congress may lose the next round of the battle, because certain members of the Supreme Court and Congress believe the military tribunals used in place of the federal courts are allowing violations of the Constitutional and Geneva Convention.For more information about checks and balances the Executive and Legislative branch can impose on the US Supreme Court, see Related Links, below.
