Anglais: La Cour suprême des États-Unis
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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the US. The Court consists of 1 chief justice and 8 associate justices who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States Senate. Once appointed, justices have life tenure unless they resign, retire, or are removed after impeachment.
The United States Constitutions
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America.
The first three Articles of the Constitution establish the rules and separate powers of the three branches of the federal government: a legislature: the bicameral Congress, an executive branch led by the President, and a federal judiciary headed by the Supreme Court.
The Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787, by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and ratified by conventions in eleven states. It went into effect on March 4, 1789. The first ten constitutional amendments ratified by three-fourths of the states in 1791 are known as the Bill of Rights.
The Constitution has been amended seventeen additional times, for a total of 27 amendments.
The Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. The original intent of these first ten Amendments was to restrict Congress from abusing its power. These limitations serve to protect the natural rights of liberty and property. The amendments were introduced by JAMES MADISON; they were adopted by the House of Representatives on August 21, 1789, and came into effect in 1791 after the ratification of three-fourths (3/4) of the states. While twelve amendments were passed by Congress, only ten were originally passed by the states.
The Bill of Rights plays a key role in American law and government, and remains a vital symbol of the freedoms and culture of the nation. One of the first fourteen copies of the Bill of Rights is on public display at the National Archives in Washington, DC
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