Rights of defendants and detainees
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The Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the United States. It does not try cases, in the standard sense of the word, but only reviews lower court decisions. Usually, cases heard by the Supreme Court involve issues of Constitutional law or federal legislation.
The Supreme Court is the court of last resort. When all appeals and lower courts have heard and ruled on a case it may go to the Supreme Court, but the court doesn’t have to hear it and may let the lower ruling stand or kick it back to the lower federal court.
The Supreme Court
The Supreme Court issues writs of certiorari to hear the cases it chooses to hear. These cases can be argued by private lawyers admitted to practice before the Court, or in the case of the United States as a party, by the Solicitor-General of the United States.
The US Supreme Court has heard more than 30,000 cases since its inception in 1789 (no cases were heard for the first few years).
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It will decide that the cases do not need to be heard. The Supreme Court only takes the cases that relate to the Constitution.
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Writ of Certiorari