The Supreme Court of the United States was created in 1789. Most of the cases the court hears come from lower courts. Each year, the Supreme Court receives 7,000 or more requests to hear cases from lower courts.
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Approximately 1.2%In 2010, there were 55,992 appeals filed with the US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts, and 8,159 cases petitioned to the US Supreme Court. Approximately 16% of the cases appealed to the US Supreme Court originate in the state court systems, and the other 84% (6,854) come from federal appellate courts (mostly the Circuit Courts).Approximately 12% of the cases heard the US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts petition the US Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari; the court grants cert to approximately 1% of the petitions it receives, reducing the pool of federal cases to about 69 (based on 2010 estimates). Sixty-nine is roughly 1.2% of the cases appealed through the federal courts in 2010.
The Supreme Court receives about 10,000 petitions per year but only hears about 80. Some factors that the Supreme Court considers when deciding which cases to hear are; conflict of law, highly unusual cases, and the disregard of the lower court.
The primary role of the US Supreme Court is interpreting the Constitution. The Supreme Court of the United States has the ultimate responsibility for settling disputes and interpreting the meaning of laws. It also determines what national policy will be when it applies law to specific disputes. The Supreme Court, the only court created by the Constitution, has the final say on all legal matters that come to it. It is the highest court in our system and there is no appeal from its decisions unless future courts reverse past court decisions. It is the only court that has the final say on Judicial Review -- that is, the constitutionality of a law or action relevant to a case under its review. It has original jurisdiction over cases involving two or more states, and appellate jurisdiction over cases from lower federal courts and the highest state courts (if the state case addresses a preserved federal question).
The amendments are not ignored. They are used daily in court and cases that come before the Supreme Court.