
Supreme Court of the United States
Highest court in the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point of federal law. It also has original jurisdiction over a narrow range of cases, specifically "all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party." The court holds the power of judicial review, the ability to invalidate a statute for violating a provision of the Constitution. It is also able to strike down presidential directives for violating either the Constitution or statutory law. However, it may act only within the context of a case in an area of law over which it has jurisdiction. The court may decide cases having political overtones but has ruled that it does not have power to decide non-justiciable political questions.
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Supreme Court clubs all FIRs against Nupur Sharma; Delhi cops to probe
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Apex court seeks government’s stand on Supreme Court sub-division for pro rata reservation
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Nupur Sharma gets Supreme Court breather, all cases against her to be clubbed and transferred to Delhi
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Bid to ensure I don't argue Maharashtra wakf case: AG to SC
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