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The Supreme Court of the United States of America is the highest court in the USA and hence the decisions that it lays out are of immense political and social importance.

One way in which the US Supreme Court justifies its decisions is by the use of precedents. It is a legitimizing strategy as current decisions are hence not motivated by political ideologies but rather dictated by a binding prior decision, a precedent. Hence, the Supreme Court is not inventing new law but applying existing case law to a new situation. In this way over time, stability is ensured in the legal system, as it constrains how courts can decide. more >>

Innovation requires a certain climate or environment in order to flourish, and there are fundamental similarities that can be found in the bastions of creativity worldwide. A measurement of creativity is that of Richard Florida's Creativity Index (2004) which is a baseline indicator of a region’s overall standing in the creative economy and a barometer of a region’s long run economic potential. more >>