The US Constitution is the historic legal document that most US Supreme Court rulings are based on.
The US Constitution
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The Supreme Court rulings said civil rights were decided by state and local law.
The requirements for the supreme court is to ensure they are following the constitution in all rulings.
The official decision of the Supreme Court is known as an opinion. Rulings by the US Supreme Court cannot be appealed by a higher court.
No. Rulings of the US Supreme Court are 'the law of the land.'
The United States Constution is the document that created the supreme court.
The Supreme Court reviews the rulings of the lower Federal Courts. They hear cases that they grant certiorary to typically related to Constitutional law. Their rulings are the official Federal interpretation of the law.
As the highest court in the US, a ruling by the Supreme Court can not be challanged legally.In effect lower courts must make rulings on cases in line with any historic, relavent Supreme Court decisions (or their rulings will be overturned by higher courts).This means that a ruling by the Supreme Court sets the US legal standard - sets a precedent."precedent" means coming before another or others in time, place, rank, or sequence.
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Some effects that the supreme court had on economic development were that the rulings reinforced capitalism as the ruling economic system in the U.S. Somewhere in the early 1800s, the Supreme Court made several rulings that helped define federal power over contracts and commerce. As aforementioned, these rulings reinforced capitalism as the ruling economic system in the United States.
The Supreme Court cannot directly enforce its rulings; instead, it relies on respect for the Constitution and for the law for adherence to its judgments. Because the Supreme Court simply bases its decisions on the Constitution, the decisions are not overturned. The decisions simply uphold the Constitution but do not have outside enforcement.Added: Short answer: (in the US) The Supreme Court is the highest court in the nation. Its rulings cannot be overturned unless done by a subsequent ruling of the same court.