Court System Shukeyla Jones CJA/204 November 01‚ 2010 Maxine Craig Court System The modern dual system of courts incorporates both federal and state or local courts. This system is the product of many years of gradual development. Outside this formally established structure‚ however‚ personal relationships between key court participants can guide court proceedings and procedures. This paper will examine the history of the criminal courts‚ the dual system of the United States and modify the
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statute before us constitutes a modest addition to a set of federal prison-related mental-health statutes that have existed for many decades. We recognize that even a longstanding history of related federal action does not demonstrate a statute ’s constitutionality. A history of involvement‚ however‚ can nonetheless be helpful in reviewing the substance of a congressional statutory scheme and‚ in particular‚ the reasonableness of the relation between the new statute and pre-existing federal interests.Third
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the government. Abortion‚ and any medical decisions women make‚ are very private and should never be available for debate. The question of morality can’t be a valid argument concerning abortion‚ because it is not of morality but of option and constitutionality. "The enumeration in the Constitution‚ of certain rights‚ shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people‚" is stated in the ninth amendment. Right here‚ guarantees all women the right to abort a pregnancy. Pro-choice
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Value Dimensions of the Affordable Care Act President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted in March 2010 will increase health insurance coverage to millions of Americans. This is the first significant reform in health care in over 40 years and targets closing the gap of uninsured Americans by mandating insurance. There has been debate over the individual health insurance mandate and whether it is constitutional. Opinions on the individual mandate and the values it impacts are conflicting
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Impeachment The right to impeach public officials is stated in Article 1 and Article 2 of the Constitution. Article 1‚ Section 2 and 3‚ basically describe the procedure of impeachment while Article 2‚ Section 4‚ indicates the grounds for impeachment: “ the President‚ Vice President‚ and all civil officers of the United States shall be removed from office on impeachment for‚ and conviction of‚ treason‚ bribery‚ or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” The removal of an official from office requires
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Reconstruction was a failure due to the opinion on race. Racism played a big part in the 1896 Plessey vs. Furguson case. Reconstruction began in 1865 and ended in 1877. Two goals were to rebuild the south and to reform society. Reconstruction should not be thought of as a bad idea. It was virtually impossible to just change ways in the south with out using some kind of force. "Black codes" did nothing but for the south but put them in further segregation. The black codes aloud a form of disguised
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Michelle Fleming AFAM Ch 18 Questions 1. Explain why and how some of the New Deal programs‚ like the AAA and the Civilian Conservation Corps‚ were discriminatory. The New Deal marked an important shift in the American electoral landscape as significant numbers of African Americans gave their votes to Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Democratic Party for the first time‚ establishing a political loyalty that has endured for roughly seventy years. New Deal recovery and relief programs rapidly
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Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Everyone always wants to live in the good life which makes us feel freedom‚ safety. Besides‚ they will receive respecting and a lot of benefit which they deserve to have. Therefore‚ every country always creates the rights‚ such as Civil right‚ Civil liberties to protect the life of their citizen‚ and have confidence in their citizen. Both Civil right and Civil liberties is from the Bill of Rights which is not even valid that in the constitution “In the Federalists’
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The Democratic - Republican Party was founded in 1792 by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and was characterized as strict constructionist‚ which meant that members believed that the constitution should be interpreted by what was written. The ideas of the Democratic-Republicans were opposed to those of the Federalist who believed in loose interpretation. Both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison served as presidents under the Democratic - Republican Party. Jefferson served from March 4‚ 1801 – March
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United States was the first case in 1944 that questioned internment as a violation of the Fifth Amendment rights and it resulted in the Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of the incarceration (Lilly). At the time‚ the military claimed there was no way of distinguishing a national menace from an upright civilian‚ and so the Fifth Amendment rights were subordinate to the president’s war powers at the high point
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