Blog Post #2

 I learned that the Supreme Court has the ultimate jurisdiction over all the laws of the land within the United States.  The Supreme Court also was first to assemble in New York City in 1790 but didn’t hear any cases in its first term.  At first, there were only six justices on the Supreme Court, not nine.  The most surprising thing I’ve learned about the Supreme Court is that the Supreme Court only started with 6 justices, and throughout its time it went to as low as five, and as high as ten then decided to stick with 9 justices.  The most important takeaway about the Supreme Court is that Chief Justice John Marshall had such an influential impact on the Supreme Court.  He established the Supreme Court's power to review, and rule on the constitution of federal laws enacted by Congress.  The video changed my view on the Supreme Court because I didn’t think that the Supreme Court received as many cases as it did a year ago, and don’t even see more than half of the cases they receive.