I didn't know much about the Supreme Court other than a lot of historical cases to build our America came from there. We watched a 20-minute video about it in class and I learned a lot. I didn't know how much the cases were influenced by people's opinions rather than following a list of rules. The court doesn't just pick what issues to fix, they tackle problems issued from various sources. There are 9 justices who each work with various people to make sure their ideas are legal. Then they all come together to discuss. They make sure everyone can speak once before they can speak twice to plead their arguments. There is the oral argument where the justices spend 30 minutes sharing all their angles and opinions. Then they each decide a side to take. They turn it into a document with a process called opinion writing. These are meant to persuade the other justices and all of the writings are combined into 80+ page documents. Opinions will change over time and the final decision will be made off the general consensus. I was surprised by how much went into these cases. Those writings exceed the horrors of those lengthy academic papers. I have a lot more respect for the justices now.
When I look back at some of the Supreme Court cases in American history, I see a lot of them being about Civil Rights way before and after 1963. History classes treated Martin Luther King’s speech as the moment that resolved all the issues with the rights of African Americans. However, the two cases of Brown v. Board of Education in 1954-1955 worked towards eliminating segregation at public schools, and Loving v. Virginia got rid of laws prohibiting interracial marriage. I learned that a lot of American law forms here.
Links to the videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWRoXYRsaeo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca8qSuWxcG8
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