RARE! Hand Written Document Addressed To The Supreme Court Dated 1813 Mueller CO

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RARE! Hand Written Document Addressed To The Supreme Court Dated 1813 Acknowledging the capture of two prisioners.
This item is authenticated By Todd Mueller Autographs and comes with their certificate of authenticity.
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The
Supreme Court of the United States
(
SCOTUS
) is the
highest court
in the
federal judiciary
of the
United States of America
. It has ultimate (and largely
discretionary
)
appellate jurisdiction
over all
federal
and
state court
cases that involve a point of
federal law
, and
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 it has ruled that it does not have power to decide non-
justiciable
political questions. Established by
Article Three of the United States Constitution
, the composition and procedures of the Supreme Court were initially established by the
1st Congress
through the
Judiciary Act of 1789
. As later set by the
Judiciary Act of 1869
, the Court consists of the
Chief Justice of the United States
and eight
associate justices
. Each justice has
lifetime tenure
, meaning they remain on the Court until they resign, retire, die, or are
removed from office
. When a vacancy occurs, the president, with the
advice and consent
of the
Senate
, appoints a new justice. Each justice has a single vote in deciding the cases argued before the Court. When in majority, the chief justice decides who writes the
opinion of the court
; otherwise, the most senior justice in the majority assigns the task of writing the opinion. The Court meets in the
Supreme Court Building
in
Washington, D.C.
Its law enforcement arm is the
Supreme Court Police
.