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media type="custom" key="7086921" - In this video, Kagen sworn in as Supreme Court Justice of the Supreme Court by Chief Justice John Roberts. While the Court will not start until the first Monday in October, Kagen will begin her work on the Court as soon as she is sworn in. As we discussed in class, the Justices of the Supreme Court are very powerful, very prestigious, and the final authority on the Constitution and the federal laws of the United States. Justice Kagen was appointed by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate, an example of checks and balances. ** Chuck T **

[] This article in the journal sentinal deals with the state supreme court. The court is deciding who can issue search warrants. In the article the people pushing for change think the legislature should not be able to issue warrants. This is an example of judicial review, deciding if the preexisting law was unconstitutional. This article also deals with amendment four because of the mention of search and seizure. Sam W.

[] This is an example of a judge giving hard opinions of people. Nancy grace has her own show that partially represents the judicial branch. She is a crime victim herself and is trying to stop crim. Chad C

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With Obama's Healthcare law underfire, The Supreme Court will Have to review it to determine if it is Uncostitutinal. This is an example of one of the jobs of the Supreme Court we learned in class. This shows that the Supreme Court is bigger, badder and better than everything else. Jack F [] A man convicted of killing two people's execution was stopped by the Supreme Court. This shows how the supreme court is at the very top of the chart dealing with courts in the judicial branch, and that they have the right to stop an execution because of suspicion. After dealing with the case further, they went on with the death penalty and the man was sentenced to death. -Sam F [] This is an example of how many cases the Supreme Court has to go over in the 2011-12 term. -Andrew P

[] The Supreme Court has to sometimes rules on elections for presidents -Andrew P [] A Federal judge ruled that the Bush administration did not complete a required environmental review when it said the bear's were threatened because greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.-Andrew P