What is the purpose of the state supreme court?

Answer 1

The main function of the US Supreme Court is to interpret the Constitution and federal law and exercise judicial review to ensure state and federal statutes and policies that come before the Court comply with constitutional principles.

Answer 2

The main duty of the US Supreme Court is to interpret law and the Constitution.

While the Court is head of the Judicial Branch of government, it doesn't typically play a direct, day-to-day leadership role within the federal court system.

The Supreme Court may exercise original jurisdiction in cases affecting ambassadors and other diplomats, and in cases in which a state is a party.* However, in all other cases, except those expressly prohibited by Congress, the Court has only appellate jurisdiction.

[* While the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction over cases involving ambassadors and other foreign dignitaries, the jurisdiction is shared with the US District Courts, which tries these cases. The Court has original and exclusive jurisdiction over disputes between the states.]

Answer 3

The main purpose of the Supreme Court in the United States is to make sure that the Constitutional laws are being upheld. They review court cases to see if the rights or other things within the law have been violated.

Answer 4

The United States has a dual court system. The federal courts handle cases that arise under the US Constitution, federal law and US treaties; the state courts handle cases that arise under their state constitutions and laws.

Each state needs its own supreme court to act as the final appellate court, just as the US Supreme Court does for the federal system. This helps ensure defendants and other litigants are protected under their state constitution(s).

Answer 5

A State Supreme Court is the highest Court in the State that interprets the State Constitution and State law. A Constitutional doctrine of importance to these Courts is the doctrine of adequate and independent State grounds, which imbues the State Supreme Courts with authority to specify a ruling on a State Constitutional provision which mirrors a U.S. Constitution provision (which can be broader than the federal provisions), or other State Constitutional provisions which do not mirror those in the federal Constitution. If a State Supreme Court specifies a ruling to have adequate and independent State grounds, the Supreme Court of the United States will generally defer to its State counterparts in these particular matters--one exception being where mirroring State Constitutional principles are interpreted less broadly than their federal counterparts. This is an aspect of the dual sovereigns theory of American federalism as applied to the judiciary.

Answer 6

A state supreme court is the final court of appeal for cases involving municipal ordinances, state laws, and state constitutional questions.