Supreme Court Case Wisconsin Vs. Theu.s. - 2219 Words

Alina Ramos Mrs. Heyl US Government Honors 2 December 2014 Supreme Court Case: Wisconsin vs. Yoder The United States Founding Fathers built this country, the United States, around three branches of federal government: Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, and Judicial Branch. All three of these branches contain equally amount of power. Also these branches are granted the power to keep the other branches from gaining too much power. The Executive Branch has the power to veto a bill, while the Legislative Branch has the power override the veto. But some will say that the checks and balances that the Judicial Branch has are most important checks and balances of all three branches. The Judicial Branch is made up of all the court systems in the United Sates (lower and federal courts). The highest court is the United States Supreme Court; their mission â€Å"to enforce the Constitution and the laws of the United States and to resolve legal questions that arise over how these laws are to be interpreted.† (Savage 981) How does the US Supreme Court do this? By taking great â€Å"legal questions of the day† (Savage 982) or case and making a decision. But the US Supreme Court is very picky on what case to take. They only take cases that involve with the federal law; state law stays within the state courts. The US Supreme Court only chose cases that have already been heard by all the lower courts. The side that was against can ask for the US Supreme Court to appeal the case by creating a cert