The is the highest court in the United States. Its decisions set precedents that all other courts then follow, and no lower court can ever supersede a Supreme Court decision. In fact, not even Congress or the president can change, reject or ignore a Supreme Court decision.
American law operates under the doctrine of stare decisis, which means that prior decisions should be maintained — even if the current court would otherwise rule differently — and that lower courts must abide by the prior decisions of higher courts. The idea is based on a belief that government needs to be relatively stable and predictable.
Our constitution created a system of checks and balances to insure that no one branch of government becomes too strong and be able to control all of the government
The Third Punic War was the last Punic war fought between Carthage and Rome, and ended with the "Roman capture and defeat of Carthage" along with other territorial gains for Rome.
