One thing that I learned about reading History's website and watching videos about the Supreme Court was the difference between the Chief Justice and the Associate Justices. I have heard of these titles before but I never actually knew what they were or what they did. It turns out that the Chief Justice sets up all of the meetings and the agenda for the other Justices which is a very important job.
The most important takeaway is that the Supreme Court is the highest Federal Court in the United States. There are nine Judges and they are handpicked by both the president and the Senate. These nine Judges have the final word in what counts as Constitutional or not.
The most surprising piece of information is that the Supreme Court is given thousands of cases a year and only does about 100 of them a year. One reason why they have to be so careful in which cases they take is because of the ramifications it could have. The decisions they make are very important as they could change how the country operates and take on similar court cases. For example, if they make a decision that revolves around a certain topic they have to use that previous court case to answer the next one that revolves around the same topic. If they answer it differently then they could get hated for not giving the same answer.
Something from the video that changed my opinion on the Supreme Court was their tradition for all of the judges to shake each other's hands before the start of each court case as a way of respect.
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