The U.S. Supreme Court has both original jurisdictioh (the case must originate/begin at this level) and appellate jurisdiction (the case is on appeal from a lower level court). with regards to its appellate jurisdiction, it takes four justices to vote to put a case on the docket. If your case is one of the 80 out of more than 8,000 requests that will be on the list for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide that session, the U.S. Supreme Court will issue a_______________and you are a lucky winner to present your case to the highest court in the land! a. Writ of certiorari. b. Petition for certiorari. c. Invitation to present evidence.