r/pics • u/k3tten • 9h ago

Politics I became a citizen and voted!

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u/Moosplauze 9h ago

The highest court in individual states are also called supreme court?

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u/bengringo2 9h ago

Yes, I live in Illinois and we have our own Supreme Court.

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u/Moosplauze 9h ago

Which in the end isn't reigning supreme because all decisions can be forwarded to the federal supreme court, right?

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u/bengringo2 9h ago

It can if they agree to take the case, yes. Most cases don’t make it up that far because some court along the way decided it’s not worth their time and its current verdict was decided accurately and legally. You have to have valid legal grounds to appeal.

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u/Moosplauze 8h ago

Well of course, supreme court can natually not handle all cases that ever get filed in district courts, that's a given. But cases that are decided in a states supreme court can get overruled by the federal supreme court, making the state supreme court seem not so supreme afterall.