Luther Campbell
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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 American legal system hears civil and criminal cases. A court case can go all the way to the Supreme Court to be heard.
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
b. cases will be heard