The Supreme Court - Paperbackby Helena Silverstein (Author) This accessible guide to the U. S. Supreme Court explains the Court's history and authority, its structure and processes, its most important and enduring legal decisions, and its place in the U. S. political system. A 2018 Pew Research Center poll found that while 78 percent of Democrats and Democratic leaning independents believed that the Supreme Court should base its decisions on the "modern" meaning of the