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In Brown v. Board of Education, (1954), the US Supreme Court concluded that "separate but equal was inherently unequal," and declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.The Court ordered schools integrated in Brown v. Board of Education II, (1955).
It remained undetermined by a lower court. It slowly moved its way to the Supreme Court.
Used when a lower court is not clear about the procedure or rule of law that should apply in a case. The lower courts ask the Supreme Court to certify the answer to a specific question matter.
A case on appeal reaches the supreme court if the judges below them cant handle it or that case specifically but it is very hard to get a case on appeal in the supreme court
The Supreme Court gets to decide if they want to hear it. It has to go through the entire legal process first, though.
Justices reach the Supreme Court through appointment by the President with Senate approval
Most cases reach the US Supreme Court via the US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts, which are part of the federal court system.
Generally you can go to the Supreme Court only as a tourist. The Supreme Court decides if your case will be heard by them, but it must first progress theough the entire levels of the appropriate court system (state or federal) in order to even reach them for their consideration, IF they choose to hear it.
Precedents
The United States Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, (1954), was based on the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Although the Due Process Cause was probably also applicable, Chief Justice Earl Warren explained it was unnecessary for the Court to review the case in terms of both clauses, because the Equal Protection Clause was sufficient to declare segregation in public school unconstitutional.Case Citation:Brown v. Board of Education, 347 US 483 (1954)For more information, see Related Questions, below.
It will decide that the cases do not need to be heard. The Supreme Court only takes the cases that relate to the Constitution.