17. describe the process by which a case is accepted and heard by the supreme court.

Each judge of the Supreme Court is assigned to one or two of the federal judicial circuits. The presiding judge is regularly assigned to the Circuit of the District of Columbia and the Federal Circuit. The other judges are assigned to the other circuits. When a case wants to be taken to the Supreme Court, it must be registered in the judge's office that has jurisdiction over the circuit where the appeal arose. The judges hear the arguments of the different cases and then meet to discuss it among themselves. Each judge of the Court has one vote in each case. When there are at least five judges in favor of a decision, that becomes the opinion of the Court that represents the final precedent. The judge with the highest seniority among the five voters has the privilege of choosing which of them will write the opinion of the Court. If the presiding judge is among the majority, the privilege passes to him.

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