There are many hoops that a case must jump through in order to reach the federal supreme court‚ and there are different tracks in which it can get there. The Supreme Court can have original jurisdiction‚ it can reach the court via the federal system‚ and it can reach it via the state courts. The Supreme Court receives thousands of cases a year‚ and will only hear from approximately 80. The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in a variety of cases. For instance‚ they have original jurisdiction
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The first drug court was established in Miami-Dade Florida in 1989. Drug courts were established because of the “revolving door of drug use” and recidivism. Recidivism is defined as criminals being prone to revert back to criminal behavior after being released from jail. Recidivism is very significant ito the Criminal Justice System because it shows the number of offenders that return to prison within a certain amount of time. Data shows that drug court participants are less likely to be arrested
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The book “A Court of Thorns and Roses” has a fascinating story line. The love interest in the story creates a whirlwind of emotions. I concluded from the book that the theme is love and sacrifice‚ and the author expresses this through symbolism‚ characterization‚ and conflict. Sarah J. Mass‚ the author of “A Court of Thorns and Roses‚” does an outstanding job throughout her writing using symbols with deeper meaning to convey certain emotions to the audience. In this literary work‚ the author also
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The European Court of Auditors Introduction The European Court of Auditors is the fifth institution of the European Union (EU). It was established in 1975 in Luxembourg to audit the accounts of EU institutions. This report will cover 3 aspects which are history‚ organization and president. Then it will give some criticism about the declaration of assurance and the size of the court. History The Court of Auditors was created by the 1975 Budgetary Treaty and was formerly established on 1977-10-18
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the Juvenile Court be Abolished? I. Introduction The purpose of this paper will be to examine the juvenile court system and whether or not abolishing it is the practical thing to do. To start off with‚ I will give a brief history of what the juvenile court system consist of and what it was designed to do. Next I will go into both sides of the debate to determine whether or not to abolish the juvenile court system. We will first take a look at the two concepts of the juvenile court system. There
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The Warren Court The 1960’s was an evolution of change in American history. When Earl Warren became Chief Justice of Supreme Court in 1953 it made the most dramatic changes and held a far more liberal view than any other Supreme Court before. Some of its most important rulings were on African-American civil liberties. The Supreme Court changed American law on segregation in schools‚ criminal procedure‚ and privacy rights. Before the Warren Court the American law treated blacks as second class citizens
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Small Claims Courts in the Philippines Going to court for a small sum of money has just become cheaper and faster with the establishment of small claims courts. A simple procedure makes it easy for everyone. According to former Court Administrator‚ now Supreme Court Associate Justice Jose P. Perez‚ 70% of cases before Metropolitan Trial Courts in Metro Manila are small claims (involving small amounts of money) and many of the litigants in these cases are poor. The same thing is true‚ if not more
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Justices of the United States Supreme Court are strategic actors who strive to secure policy outcomes as close to their preferred outcome as possible. Accomplishing this sometimes requires justices to not always pursue their true policy preferences and sometimes it requires justices to ignore legal and policy questions. In this essay‚ I will analyze how justices were strategic in a few landmark supreme court cases. The supreme court case Marbury v. Madison is a perfect example of justices being
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In general‚ the Supreme Court does govern well on issues related to abortion‚ school desegregation‚ and gay rights. Moreover‚ the court governs well because the courts decisions are based on the rule of law. “The Supreme Court may not speak directly for the people‚ however‚ its opinions speak to the people‚ and the methods used by the justices to express those opinions have revealed changes in the conception of the Court’s voice throughout history” (Bozzo‚ Shimmy‚ & April). Lastly‚ “The voice of
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I understand that there are rules in the health care system dealing with medical records. A subpoena is a document telling a person to come to court to testify on court date. A court order is a legal document issued by the court. The court order can come from a judge or higher person of power. Court orders‚ make people come to court‚ but cannot speak about anything who is not involved. It prevents someone from doing something of a certain thing or action. In some cases‚ they both relate to things
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