Supreme Court
The supreme court is the highest possible court of law in the United States, there's local, state, regional, federal, the list goes on. One thing I never knew about the supreme court is that it currently consists of nine justices, I always for the longest time though it was six, It makes sense that the highest court would have nine justices because it helps spread the power more evenly and prevents a sort of "dictator-ish" feel to the supreme court.
In 1789, Congress created the Judiciary Act, which established that the court would consist of 6 justices that would serve in court until they died, this seems like a controversial idea to have because it could lead to bias, People may age, but the opinions might not.
The Supreme court has also changed the number of seats 6 times over its existence so far, which means they probably have had issues with it for many years, currently it is at 9 court justices, and I feel that is a pretty good number, If there was anything I could change it would be the amount of power each justice has.
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