Civics
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The Supreme Court of the United States is the nation’s highest federal court and final authority on the Constitution and federal law. Created in outline by the Constitution and organized by the Judiciary Act of 1789, it began with six members and first met in New York before moving with the capital to Philadelphia and then Washington. Its influence grew dramatically under Chief Justice John Marshall, especially after Marbury v. Madison established judicial review. Over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, its rulings shaped federalism, individual rights, wartime powers, civil liberties, and major social questions. Today it has nine justices and hears only a small share of the thousands of cases petitioned each year.
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