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.
If a person thinks that their rights have been violated they can go through the courts to the Supreme Court.
Roy Wilkins was the first man to go to the supreme court.
Cases that appealed from the court of appeal.
1869
No, the Supreme Court has no part of the law making process. If someone challenges the validity of a law, it may end up in the Supreme Court.
The ruling of the court below the Supreme Court will be upheld. The Supreme Court is similar to an appeals court. If they don't want to take the case, then whatever the court ruling was will stand.
All cases that are appealed from the Court of Appeal go to the Supreme Court. First you must seek leave (permission) of the court to make your appeal, however.
cases that go directly to the supreme court
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.
A Supreme Court Justice is a very educated person. He or she goes to law school, practices law, and builds a reputation as a lawyer and judge. At some point when there is an opening a president selects him/ her for the position. Then, the nomination goes to congress and the person is interviewed and studied for knowledge of law and the constitution. They go before congress and are questioned and then congress votes for or against their appointment to the court.
The Supreme Court gets to decide if they want to hear it. It has to go through the entire legal process first, though.
The United States Supreme Court said YES, so you can go with their logic.