On The Judicial Authority Of The Supreme Court Of The United States

The Federal Supreme Court of the United States has been established for almost225years. At the beginning, it has no authority at all. The weak position of the SupremeCourt have been changed until1803, through the trial of Marbury v. Madison, theSupreme Court finally won the checks and balances of the other branches of governmentauthority and prestige. In the historical process, the Supreme Court of Justice throughconstant practice, gradually expand their judicial authority, makes the major issues insocial life of the United States and even political issues being incorporated into thejudgment of the court. Authority’s expansion makes the Supreme Court establish theauthoritative position in the national life. The reason that the U.S. Supreme Court have thesupremacy of mind is the focus of this paper.To solve the problem, I focus around thenecessity for the authority of the Supreme Court and the unique conditions of the fSupreme Court. In the second part I will analysis the necessity of the federal SupremeCourt judicial authority through combining with the characteristics of the dual structure ofAmerican society。 And in the third part the author mainly analyzes the conditions ofauthority’s supremacy by combining with the laws of the United States democratictradition, the unique legal system, the judicial work of the Supreme Court justices andother factors.