Ermina Dedic Legal Brief 1 Name of Case: Dow Chemical Co. v United States. Court: U.S. Supreme Court Citation: 476 U.S. 227 (1986) Parties and their roles: Dow Chemical (Plaintiffs/Petitioner) and United States (Defendants/ Respondents) Facts: Dow Chemical operates a two-thousand-acre chemical plant at Midland‚ Michigan. The facility‚ with numerous buildings‚ conduits‚ and pipes‚ are visible from the air. Dow has maintained ground security at the facility
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How accurate is it to say that the role of the Supreme Court was the most important factor in improving the status of African Americans in the USA in the years 1945–55? Supreme Court was an important factor when it comes to looking at the improvement of African American’s status. It challenged various factors such as education‚ voting rights and simply their rights in general. Whilst this is true‚ it isn’t the only factor that had an impact‚ other factors include World War 2 and federal government
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Maria Sotomayor 1954 – Justice Sotomayor was nominated by President Barack Obama to the Supreme Court on May 26‚ 2009. A vacancy became open upon the retirement of Justice Souter. If her nomination and approval by the Senate is approved‚ she would become the 111th Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Her confirmation hearing by the Senate did not go without controversy. Justice Sotomayor gave a speech at the University of California‚ Berkeley
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case at the Supreme Court level it must be a case worth the argument to continue it. The Supreme Court is the highest court that a case can reach and doesn’t give the decision of the case but gives an opinion on what they believe is right and the lower court from which it came from decides what happens to the case. The Supreme Court deals with the highest level of cases and is the only court listed in the constitution (Federal Court Concepts). The Supreme Court is known for decisions in landmark
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S. NAIPAUL’S MIGUEL STREET What is the role of the creative artist in countries such as ours? Novelist V.S Naipaul raises this question in the story of B. Wordsworth‚ one of the stories in Miguel Street‚ a 1959 book of Trini characters. "Trinidadians are more recognizably ’characters’ than people in England"‚ said Naipaul in an August ‚1958 piece in the Times Literary Supplement. The "characters" in Miguel Street’s portrait gallery include "Man Man" and "Bolo"‚ both of whom are
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the powers of the United States Supreme Court. First‚ the U.S. Constitution and Supreme Court are at the top of a pyramid with a very wide state and local base of criminal justice administration. So the Supreme Court has to depend on local courts‚ prosecutors‚ and police officers to apply its decisions to day-to-day operations. Second‚ and just as important‚ U.S. Courts of Appeals‚ U.S. District Courts‚ and state courts answer constitutional questions the Supreme Court hasn’t answered yet—and often
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years ago‚ these cases changed many peoples’ lives. Before there was equality‚ there were arguments almost everyday regarding segregation and racism. To emphasize‚ some disagreements had to be settled by the Supreme Court‚ and the ruling made still have a lasting effect today. The Supreme Court has made many ruling effecting civil rights: Plessy vs. Ferguson‚ Brown vs. Board of Education‚ and Loving vs. Virginia. In Plessy vs. Ferguson‚ the Court’s judgment was to uphold a Louisiana law regarding
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parliament. At the beginning of the Putney Debates‚ Sir Thomas Fairfax turned suddenly ill‚ and he selected Cromwell to take his place as moderator of the debates. Similar actions continued during the king’s trial. Fairfax was appointed to the special court to decide the fate of Charles I‚ however Fairfax never attended the actual trial. On the first day of the trial when Sir Fairfax’s name was called a voice responded with “He had more wit than to be here‚” which turned out to be Fairfax’s wife. In
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The Role of the S.S. in the Holocaust All along people have said that Hitler did the Holocaust. This statement is not entirely true‚ and it was his soldiers did. They marched under the Nazi orders‚ and exterminated men‚ women‚ and children alike. The SS started out with humble beginnings. They were founded and started by Adolf Hitler himself. They were started with no intent to harm or kill‚ but to protect Hitler and his fellow party members. They had 300 members in the beginning. They
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Issues: 1. SALN 2. Which of the two court is superior in the impeachment case the Supreme Court or the Impeachment Court 3. Cold Neutrality of Impartial Judges Facts: First and foremost regarding the SALN of Chief Justice Corona the prosecution claims that CJ Corona has 45 properties. However they were able to present only 21 properties which in his account named after him and his family. According to a key member of the President Aquino’s Cabinet the government
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