The Highest Federal Court in the United States, the Supreme Court

The head of the judicial branch of government is the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court was established in 1789 and had its first official meeting on February 2, 1790. The Supreme Court Justices are nominated by the President of the United States and then the United States has to approve the nominee in order for them to become a justice. Supreme Justices stay in office for as long as they want unless they are impeached. John Marshall is the longest-serving Chief Justice and he served for 34 years. He played an important part in having the supreme court carefully review Marbury v. Madison. I think that there should be a term limit for justices just like there are for presidents and other high political positions. I think that the world changes so much from year to year and having these powerful people that may be biased or have strong opinions on situations may not be fair in some of the cases they have to decide on. I think that it would be a good idea to maybe have justices serve terms of only 10 to 15 years, that way cases are more likely to be able to get noticed by different people.

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