Changes

The Supreme Court has had a major influence on the United States, often upholding or often reversing legislation passed by Congress. At times, the Court shaped events, including war and individual rights, and at other times they helped catalyzed social change, perhaps faster than it would have been otherwise, by enabling rights such as in <i>Brown v. Board of Education</i>. The Constitution left many ideas about the Court open and these have been continually interpreted and applied differently during the history of the United States.