The main focus of the Supreme Court is to overlook a case and to determine whether it follows Constitutional guidelines. As you may or may not know, The Constitution only protects against government action not private matters. The Supreme Court does not just review any case. Cases are never directly sent to The Supreme Court. The case must begin in the Federal Circuit in one of the US District Courts or in a state trial court. If a verdict is unsatisfactory, the next thing to do is appeal that case to the US Federal Court of Appeals for the Federal District. If the verdict is still unsatisfactory, it can be submitted to the US Supreme Court which will then decide on whether or not to hear the case. If the case is accepted the Judges will hear both arguments and determine, based on majority opinion, the outcome.
There are justices in the Supreme court, they are:(chief Justice) John G. Roberts, Jr., John Paul Stevens, Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A Alito, Jr., Sonia Sotomayor. Each individual judge plays and imparative role in the decision making process. Each judge bases their decision on their position on the political standpoint. The justices are the most important people when it comes to setting precedents for the country's legal system
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The architect Cass Gilbert had grand ambitions for his design of a new home for the Supreme Court--what he called "the greatest tribunal in the world, one of the three great elements of our national government." Gilbert knew that the approach to the Court, as much as the structure itself, would define the experience of the building, but the site presented a challenge. Other exalted Washington edifices--the Capitol, the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial--inspired awe with their processional approaches. But in 1928 Congress had designated for the Court a cramped and asymmetrical plot of land, wedged tightly between the Capitol and the Library of Congress. How could Gilbert convey to visitors the magnitude and importance of the judicial process taking place within the Court's walls?
The answer, he decided, was steps. Gilbert pushed back the wings of the building, so that the public face of the building would be a portico with a massive imposing stairway. Visitors would not have to walk a long distance to enter, but few would forget the experience of mounting those forty-four steps to the double row of eight massive columns supporting the roof. The walk up the stairs would be the central symbolic experience of the Supreme Court, a physical manifestation of the American march to justice. The stairs separated the Court from the everyday world--and especially from the earthly concerns of the politicians in the Capitol-- and announced that the justices would operate, literally, on a higher plane. (Toobin, Jeffrey. The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court. New York: Anchor Books, 2008.)
The answer, he decided, was steps. Gilbert pushed back the wings of the building, so that the public face of the building would be a portico with a massive imposing stairway. Visitors would not have to walk a long distance to enter, but few would forget the experience of mounting those forty-four steps to the double row of eight massive columns supporting the roof. The walk up the stairs would be the central symbolic experience of the Supreme Court, a physical manifestation of the American march to justice. The stairs separated the Court from the everyday world--and especially from the earthly concerns of the politicians in the Capitol-- and announced that the justices would operate, literally, on a higher plane. (Toobin, Jeffrey. The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court. New York: Anchor Books, 2008.)
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