Writ of Certiorari
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Appellate jurisdiction
The written explanation for the US Supreme Court's decision is called an opinion.See Related Questions for an expanded explanation.
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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 US Supreme Court has heard more than 30,000 cases since its inception in 1789 (no cases were heard for the first few years).
The party must request that the court grant a writ of certiorari.
Article Three describes the judicial branch of the federal government - which is made up of the federal courts and judges including the Supreme Court. The article specifically requires that there be one court called the Supreme Court; Congress, at its discretion, creates lower courts, whose judgments and orders are reviewable by the Supreme Court. This Article also sets the kinds of cases that may be heard by the federal judiciary, which cases the Supreme Court may hear first (called original jurisdiction) and specifies that all other cases heard by the Supreme Court are by appeal under such regulations as the Congress shall make.