The Judicial Branch

The Judicial Branch in the United States is shaped largely after the court-system in Great Britain.  Powers are enumerated to the third branch of government through Article III of the Constitution.  Throughout the years the power of the judiciary has grown to balance the executive and legislative branches.  Prominent Chief Justices of the Court have also greatly influenced the authority of the Supreme Court. 

John Marshall is perhaps the most notable and important Chief Justice in the history of the Court.  It was Chief Justice Marshall that established judicial review and set many of the precedents that are now tradition in the Court.