Blog #2- The Supreme Court

 Being not really familiar with the Supreme Court and truly what it really is. I feel like I learned about it very briefly in school or learned about it a lot and it just never stuck because of the way the teachers taught it was not interesting and didn’t really make it seem as important for younger kids to learn at a younger age so they know more about it as they get older. 

The Supreme Court offers the most consecutive decisions that define the structure and functioning of the United States and our government. The judicial branch and how it serves as the primary function of our laws were definitely important components. A key takeaway regarding the Supreme Court is that, indeed, it is the highest court in our constitution, granting rights and making decisions that affect American society. The Supreme Court has enormous judicial authority, which manifests itself in a variety of ways throughout the various levels of government to set various boundaries. The Supreme Court has rendered decisions in historic situations, and I think that both then and now, life is so different.

I was unaware that there have been more than 100 justices appointed to the Supreme Court, and that the average length of service was 16 years. I found it fascinating that you could serve for so long, and I feel it's really excellent and fantastic to think you can serve for that long.  

I became much more aware of the Supreme Court's tasks and its status as our nation's highest court after observing this film.  I knew very little about the Supreme Court before viewing this film, including how important it is to uphold the law in this way and how doing so protects our freedoms as citizens and the freedom of all Americans.

Blog #1- 5 Sources of News and Information

   My first new source that I find  information and news from is TikTok. I know since it’s an app where you make videos it’s kinda hard to think about the news. But someone who is a very good visual learner. I feel like TikTok gives you daily news with facts, evidence and many more. Since it’s also a big influencer, I feel like yes, you use it for entertainment, but you really discover a lot of daily events or bigger new stories through the app that you might not see on a website or a News service as quickly. It really does motivate me to know more news when it comes up on my for you page because I’ll look into it and I'll hit other videos. I’ll watch other influencers' accounts. Read the comments and just really get all my facts so I really think TikTok is a good news source, even though it is an app for kids that are getting addicted to daily, but I think it does have benefits and this is one of the bigger ones.

My second new source that I use that helps with being a sports media  major I love going on ESPN and finding news that I will enjoy throughout the day. I really like how it’s an app where it has all the different sports so I can know about all my different teams. ESPN also allows me to watch games so I feel like that’s a really cool feature so I don’t have to buy a certain other streaming service or use cable that I don’t have in my dorm. This app allows you to watch play-by-play if you can’t, it gives you news instantly. Which I like to scroll through throughout the day and hear about all the different news and sports.

My third source of finding out news and information would be Instagram. Yes it’s an app that’s meant to post and comment and interact with people around the world to see their posts. But I do think Instagram is very fast with putting out information so people can see. I think since so many people use Instagram so often and daily that's why we find out News faster on Instagram because people are always on Instagram. Another reason why I put Instagram as my third source is because I noticed with influencers/celebrities they will put out news on Instagram stories comments just to get it out there so everyone can see nowadays rather than a Twitter and posting it. I think Instagram is the new way of them showing/posting their news. And I feel like that’s a very interesting thing I’ve noticed with growing up on both platforms.

Family and friends are certainly my fourth new source. I am aware that this is an interesting source for news and information, but I feel that because I speak with my family so frequently and on a daily basis, I truly hear everything that is going on, whether it be local news, news from home, or just the news that I missed that day because I was in class or something else happened and I didn't hear about it. Additionally, I feel like I grew up with a larger family that is all talkative. We actually communicate a lot and enjoy discussing gossip and news, and I actually get my daily news from my family.

My fifth and last source is News 12 it’s my local news channel that I get all my news from when I’m home but also having the app on my phone I love staying in the loop of what’s happening at home and even just like weatherwise cause it still could affect where I am right now at school. I enjoy listening to and learning about all the events going on in my community, including the high school sports teams and the latest developments in politics and sports. It's difficult to listen to the news down here because it's not my local news, but I try to do it a little bit more often that I haven't been home for as long. I grew up with News 12, so I can't help but think about it or hear about it.