Blog Post 2: Supreme Court Reading Analysis Questions

     I learned multiple things about the Supreme Court that I did not previously know about. Although I knew previously that the Supreme Court had jurisdiction over all laws within the United States, I did not know that the Supreme Court had the power to check the actions of the other two branches of government (executive and legislative branches). There were also multiple Supreme Court cases that I did not know about prior to this article. Them being 1962's Angel v Vitale and Dred Scott v Sanford which were tow major Supreme Court cases. One of them involving citizenship to African American slaves and the other about preyer in schools potentially violating the first amendment. 

    The most important takeaway from the Supreme Court is that they have an immense amount of power. The Supreme Court is the highest form of justice that we have in this country and has the power to overrun cases if they deem necessary. There have been very many Supreme Court cases that shape the way we live today and without these major courses American society would be very different. As a whole, I got from the article that the Supreme Court has a vital part in American History and it will continue to be important in the many years of this country moving forwards. 

    The most surpassing thing I learned in this article was the "Texas v Johnson" Supreme Court case of 1989. This Supreme Court case was about if it should be illegal to burn the U.S flag and "other potenially offensive speech". I didn't think this would need a court case to figure it out. Even though I don't think it is morally right say hateful things or to burn down the American flag, I thought that it would be self explanatory that doing these things would in fact be protected by the first amendment.