Blog #2: The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS)

 

      

       The Supreme Court of the United States can also be known as (SCOTUS) and is the highest federal court in the United States. During the video, it stated something that I wasn't really familiar with, which is that the Supreme Court's power is based on public faith. After the video I was still a little confused on what this meant, so I did some extra research after and this is the link that really broke down and helped me understand what Public Faith meant. The U.S. Supreme Court was established in 1789 under Article three of the U.S. Constitution and held its first meeting on February 2, 1790. I was also unaware of how many Supreme Court justices we have had over time, the video stated that there have been over 100 justices that have served for over 16 years. The picture that I have placed above is the outside of the U.S. Supreme Court today.

      

   The most important takeaway point about the Supreme Court is the different roles, all of the people who play an important role in the court, how they are appointed, and how their final decisions are made. There are nine Supreme Court Justices who are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. What surprised me the most was how long it can take for the court's new ruling to come out and how many different individuals it has to go through before it gets approved. One way that the video and article changed the way I thought about the Supreme Court is that you can't rush their process because, at the end of the day, a decision that they make could change something drastically for every single one of us in the United States and we want them to be able to make a decision that will be beneficial for us in the end, and they have done this with many known cases such as; Mapp v. Ohio and Roe v. Wade, etc. The image above is of the first individuals to serve in the Supreme Court when it was first established, and the second image is our current Supreme Court Justices.

    Since I am a Criminal Justice major, I find what happens in the U.S. Supreme Court to be very interesting, and the way that they described the feeling of presenting a case in front of the Supreme Court Justices, makes me want to be able to present a case in front of them one day.

Blog Post #1: My Top 5 News Sources

 For many of us reading or watching the news can be so boring, but if you find something that's interesting to you that can change. These are my Top 5 News sources that keep me in the loop of what's going on in our crazy world, but also keep me up to date on the things that I am interested in.

T0P 5 NEW SOURCES

 

ABC 11

Growing up I would spend almost every weekend with my grandparents, and they loved to watch the news every morning and when they got off. This sort of turned into a thing that I began to do with them because it began to turn into something I also became interested in. ABC 11 was one of the first news channels I watched at an early age, and it created interest for me about what was going on around me whether it was locally or internationally.

                                                                                    

          CNN

The older I got, and I began to find what things interested me, I wanted to learn about other interesting things and broader topics that were going on around the world such as politics. While I was in middle school I took a class and every day we would watch an episode of CNN to see what was going on in the news for the day. This began to turn into my go-to for news because the energy that the newscast gave made it even more interesting to watch. Not only did they have such positive energy, but the information was so engaging and it was so easy to understand anything they were discussing. This is why I enjoy it just as much today.

                                                                   

      WRAL      

                                                            

WRAL news will always be in my top 5 when I want to find out about anything locally because I live in Raleigh, NC. Whenever I am at home with my family and we want to get the latest news on COVID in our area or we want to get updates about bad weather that is coming our way, WRAL is the first news station that we turn to and watch as a family. Even now with me being away at school and I want to see what's going on back home I will get on my phone and go to wral.com. A lot of people don't really like to watch it or would prefer to watch another news station, but it keeps me in the loop about anything that's going on at home and I am able to know what's going on even when I'm not there.

                                                                                  

      Apple News

I know that this may seem very common, and some people just ignore the notifications when they pop up on their phones, but apple news can be very valuable. I say this because you may need to know something that is going on right then and there, and all you have to do is pull up the news app on your phone, and it gives all of the breaking news. I think the best part about apple news is that it doesn't just come from one source, but there are other news sources on there as well so that you are getting more than one perspective on something. I like to use this myself because it is simple, fast, and easy, and it instantly notifies me when something big in the world is happening.

     Twitter

One of my favorite social media apps but also one of my top news sources is Twitter. Not only is it a social media platform, but it is also a news platform. I like to use Twitter as my news source because it gives all of the breaking news whether it's dealing with your favorite music artist, favorite sports player, favorite sports team, health, or even what's going on in the political world. It can give you news on any category you want to know about. If you are someone who isn't really interested in following the news but like to stay up to date on the hottest trends, then Twitter is the place you should go.