How Supreme is the Supreme Court?

The Supreme Court of the United States or (SCOTUS) is the head of the judicial branch and is the highest federal court in the country. This court has ultimate jurisdiction over any laws within the US who also reevaluates the constitutionality of the laws. This court is so influential, it has tried to be replicated within other nations, however our court is the most powerful in the world.

I was unaware that it was established from the Judiciary Act of 1789, signed into law all the way back to George Washington. Now, the Supreme Court takes on about 100-150 of the 7,000+ cases that request reviewal. And in the first term, the Supreme Court did not hear any cases. The court now, only reviews the cases that are of the utmost importance, but have the most impact on the American people, or the ones that the justices want to hear, they don't have to select the most popular or demanded case. 

The court started with only six justices, where now, we have nine. The first court was made up of Chief Justice John Jay, John Rutledge, William Cushing, John Blair, Robert Harrison, and James Wilson. Currently, the justices that represent the SCOTUS, are Chief Justice John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. 

The most important take away that I learned, was that the Chief Justice presides over trials of the impeachment against a President. I did not know that the Chief Justice was the one who oversaw those trials, I assumed it was only the legislative branch that was involved. I knew Senate had a say on if the President gets acquitted or not, but the fact that the Chief Justice gets this role is very surprising to me.