Supreme Court of the Republic of Genovia

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Genovia (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SC or SCOTOG) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the Republic of Genoiva. Established pursuant to Article III of the Genovian Constitution in 1821, it has original jurisdiction over a small range of cases, such as suits between two or more states, and those involving ambassadors. It also has ultimate (and largely discretionary) appellate jurisdiction over all federal court and state court cases that involve a point of constitutional or statutory law. The Court has the power of judicial review, the ability to invalidate a statute for violating a provision of the Constitution or an executive act for being unlawful. However, it may act only within the context of a case in an area of law over which it has jurisdiction. The Court may decide cases having political overtones, but does not have the power to decide nonjusticiable political questions. Each year it agrees to hear about 100–150 of the more than 7,000 cases that it is asked to review.