The Supreme Court

As the concrete was poured in 1935, a court waited for a place to reside. The court was no ordinary court; it was the highest court in the land: the Supreme Court.

Article III of the Constitution established the Supreme Court; it convened for the first time in 1790 in New York City.

Prior to 1935, the Supreme Court met in New York City, Philadelphia and Washington D.C., always in various buildings or homes, never having a home to call its own.

The Supreme Court was finally given a building of its own in 1935. The building has its own police force, a gym and even a basketball court. It was first known as the court of last resort and has had a hand in shaping the country's history as it rules on constitutionality.

But, one wonders if having a home has changed the court in some way. The home is certainly no ordinary home. It is a spectacular building of concrete and granite, a building fit for a king, if you will. Which begs the question, is the court still a court of justices seeking to determine what the founding fathers would say through the constitution, or have they become royalty, ruling as kings?

Kings rule on high and determine decisions based on their own intellect, reason and feeling. A king is the norm by which he or she rules. Justices seek to rule in a humble and contrite way, desperately struggling to reach a decision that aligns with the founding fathers and the constitution.

Who currently resides in the Supreme Court: kings or justices?

The court is petition by no less than 10,000 cases per year, but they only actual rule on around 80 cases. On first glance, that appears to be quite a variance, but let's look at it in another way. If the court heard 80 cases a year then that would mean they took, on average, 4.5 days for each case.

The question then is this: does it take 4.5 days to rule as a king or to search for constitutionality? You decide.