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The '''Supreme Court of the United States''' (SCOTUS) is the highest court of the judiciary of the [[United States of America]]. In recent years, the Court has been accepting fewer cases for review, declining to a record low of only about 60 cases in its 2023 (2023-2024) Term. The Court held only 57 oral arguments in its 2024 Term, plus 4 decisions issued without oral argument.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Supreme_Court_cases,_October_term_2024-2025</ref>

The '''Supreme Court of the United States''' (SCOTUS) is the highest court of the judiciary of the [[United States of America]]. In recent years, the Court has been accepting fewer cases for review, declining to a record low of only about 60 cases in its [[Supreme Court 2023 Term|2023 (2023-2024) Term]]. The Court then held only 57 oral arguments in its [[Supreme Court 2024 Term|2024 Term]], plus 4 decisions issued without oral argument.<ref>https://ballotpedia.org/Supreme_Court_cases,_October_term_2024-2025</ref>

[[Alexander Hamilton]] originally described the federal judiciary as the "least dangerous branch" because it does not have the power to enforce its rulings, or control the country's [[finance]]s.<ref>http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa78.htm Federalist #78</ref> However, [[liberal]]s on the Supreme Court have grabbed power in the last half-century to improperly exceed the authority of the other branches of government.

[[Alexander Hamilton]] originally described the federal judiciary as the "least dangerous branch" because it does not have the power to enforce its rulings, or control the country's [[finance]]s.<ref>http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa78.htm Federalist #78</ref> However, [[liberal]]s on the Supreme Court have grabbed power in the last half-century to improperly exceed the authority of the other branches of government.

The Supreme Court hears and decides fewer and fewer cases: 150 per year in the mid-1900s, to only 80-90 cases in 1990s and 2000s, to only 60-70 around 2020, and then only 50-60 cases in 2022.<ref>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/supreme-court-no-decision-bad-decision-it-s-happening-too-n1295991</ref>

The declining productivity by the Supreme Court is such that it heard 150 per year in the mid-1900s, to only 80-90 cases in 1990s and 2000s, to only 60-70 around 2020, and then only 50-60 cases in 2022.<ref>https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/supreme-court-no-decision-bad-decision-it-s-happening-too-n1295991</ref>

==History==

==History==

Starting in 1791, the Supreme Court met in the [[Old City Hall (Philadelphia)|Old City Hall]] building in Philadelphia.  The size of the court was set at nine in the [[Judiciary Act of 1869]].  Between 1800 and 1935, it met primarily in the basement of the United States [[Capitol]] building, then in the Old Senate Chamber, until it moved into its present location at One First Street NE, [[Washington, D.C.]]

Starting in 1791, the Supreme Court met in the [[Old City Hall (Philadelphia)|Old City Hall]] building in Philadelphia.  The size of the court was set at nine in the [[Judiciary Act of 1869]].  Between 1800 and 1935, it met primarily in the basement of the United States [[Capitol]] building, then in the Old Senate Chamber, until it moved into its present location at One First Street NE, [[Washington, D.C.]]