Babban kotun Koli na Amurka Kotun Koli na Amurka ( SCOTUS ) ita ce babbar kotu a bangaren shari'ar tarayya na Amurka. Yana yana da matuƙar kuma sun fi mayar da ikon kotun] aukaka} iko a kan duk tarayya da jihar kotu lokuta da cewa unsa a batu na dokar tarayya, kuma na asali iko a kan kunkuntar kewayon lokuta, musamman "duk Cases shafi Ambassadors, sauran jama'a ministocin da Consuls, da kuma waɗanda a cikin abin Jiha za ta zama Jam'iyya. Kotun tana da ikon bita na shari'a, ikon lalata doka don karya tanadin Tsarin Mulki . Hakanan tana da ikon soke umarnin shugaban ƙasa saboda sabawa Tsarin Mulki ko dokar doka .  Koyaya, yana iya yin aiki kawai a cikin mahallin shari'ar a wani yanki na doka wanda ke da ikon sa. Kotun iya shirya lokuta da ciwon siyasa overtones amma ya yi mulki cewa shi ba ya da ikon yanke shawara maras justiciable siyasa tambayoyi. A karkashin Babban Mai Shari'a Jay, Rutledge, da Ellsworth (1789-1801), Kotun ta saurari karancin kararraki; hukuncin farko shi ne West v.