What types of cases make it to the Supreme Court?

What types of cases make it to the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court only considers cases of weighty and complex Constitutional importance, whose decisions will have far-reaching impact. Such cases usually deal with circumstances where the legal precedent is not fully clear, often because various lower courts have issued conflicting rulings. 

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What types of cases make it to the Supreme Court

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