SCOTUS History

We all know about the three branches of government: the legislative, executive and the judicial. The supreme court is the nation's highest court and is head of the judicial branch. It has ultimate jurisdiction over the laws passed and also has the power to check the other two branches. 

Reading this article, I learned many new things about the Supreme court that I was not aware of. First of all, the court was established in 1789 by article 3 of the constitution. The court's justices are selected by the President and then approved by the Senate. In 1869, congress made 9 the set number of seats and it is the same to this day. With that being said, the supreme court is made up of 9 Justices and they are on the court for life. Honestly, I'm not sure h
ow I feel about the president being able to choose who they want on the court and then of course the senate has the power to approve or deny the nominees, but do they really deny the nominees that often? What is the criteria? I feel like you could have a very biased supreme court if you wanted to as president. According to senate.gov, the senate approves the "vast majority" of nominees. The senate has confirmed around 126 nominations. 

The most important take away point about the supreme court is that it has made decisions on multiple decisions that have had lasting effects on the nation to this day. The most interesting thing that I learned was that all three presidents that were impeached were acquitted.