Three, two, one, zero, all engine run.

There is no other institution that has the ability uniquely.

Without a heritage, every generation starts over.

To remind the current regime.

We the people tell the governor what it is allowed to do.

All, all, have to get back in their box and stay there.

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From the Heritage Foundation, this is Heritage Explains.

Okay. Heritage Foundation, this is Heritage Explains. The next time you visit the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., before you head over to visit us at the Heritage Foundation, take a stop at one First Street northeast.

There you'll find a majestic marble building held up by soaring columns adorned with historic symbols of justice and judgment.

This, of course, is the U.S. Supreme Court.

The court system in the U.S. was formed by Congress through the Judicial Act of 1789.

President George Washington appointed Virginia diplomat John Jay, the first chief justice of the Supreme Court.

And then the Supreme Court did very little for the first few years.

The judges had robes and wigs, but very few cases to hear.

The court system moved slowly in those days, and the appeals process was even slower,

so the first Supreme Court justices didn't have much to do. It's hard to imagine that now.

At this building, so many of the riffs in our society find a way towards resolution and bring with them the news coverage,

analysis, and sometimes protest that we've come to expect. And our current political climate has

led to accusations that the court is somehow ethically compromised, and legislation of some kind

is needed? But is that true? I sat down with Heritage Senior Legal Fellow Tom Jipping to find out.

Thomas Jipping, I'm a senior legal fellow in the Mease Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.

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