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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was informed about the possibility to be nominated as Supreme Court Justice if David Souter were to retire. Davis Souter’s plans to retire we leaked on April 30‚ 2009‚ leading to early attention for Sotomayor’s nominee possibility as the new Supreme Court Justice. Sotomayor was informed of President Barack Obama choice on May 25. He then nominated her on May 26‚ 2009. When Sonia was nominated‚ history was made for the American court system; she became the second jurist to be appointed for three
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term limit on the tenure of the Supreme Court justices. Under this proposal‚ each justice would serve for 18 years‚ and the terms would be established so that there is a vacancy every two years. The vacancies would be on the first and third years of the presidential term. This would allow enough time so that the senate would pass somebody through and the president would not be denied one of his two appointees. The terms would be non-renewable‚ so each justice could only serve one eighteen year term
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designation of our Supreme Court is to guarantee the honesty of the power allowed to Court Justices and protect them against unjust interference from either the legislative or executive branch. And also to protect our Supreme Judges from political pressure. But‚ I believe this can still be done by setting an specific time for the judge to leave the position and therefore‚ I believe it is unnecessary for judges to hold their position for lifetime. Having our Supreme Court Justice serving on the bench
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cowardly attack” on a 27-year-old man‚ run over and left for dead‚ Agustin Caruso pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday and was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison. In his decision‚ Superior Court Justice John McMahon said Caruso showed a “cold and callous disregard for the life and welfare of Christopher Skinner.” Court heard that‚ according to the agreed statement of facts‚ 19-year-old Caruso was drunk on vodka and high on cocaine when he left a bar in the Entertainment District with five friends in a
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CONFLICT OF NORMS IN EUROPEAN UNION LAW AND THE LEGAL REASONING OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Gerard Martin Conway School of Law Brunel University December 2010 ii Abstract: This thesis examines the topic of conflict of norms in European Union (EU) law and the legal reasoning of the European Court of Justice (ECJ)‚ arguing that the framework of conflict of norms provides conceptual insight into justification and
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Introduction The European Union (EU) is a politico-economic union that currently has twenty-eight member states‚ almost all of which share the same currency‚ the Euro. The main purpose of the EU is to provide unity and harmony in social and political matters for its members. In order for a country to be accepted to the EU‚ there are certain standards that have to be met‚ known as the ‘Copenhagen criteria’. In 1981‚ Greece became the 10th country to join the European Union. Though‚ Greece’s entry
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Relations between Ukraine and the European Union (EU) are currently shaped via the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)‚ a foreign policy instrument of the EU designed for the countries it borders. The European Union (EU) is seeking an increasingly close relationship with Ukraine‚ going beyond cooperation‚ to gradual economic integration and deepening of political cooperation. Ukraine is said to be a priority partner within the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP). Partnership and Cooperation Agreement
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The Viability of the EMU: The Fiscal Union Debate The current economic integration of states in the European Monetary Union (EMU) can be seen as a ‘compromise’. A monetary union has been formed‚ which implemented the same currency in the participating states‚ whilst still offering countries their own fiscal autonomy. The common currency ought to increase trade and prosperity‚ and fiscal autonomy is still in the hands of individual governments in order to preserve this fiscal form of sovereignty
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French and European trade-unions. The power of trade-unions et its importance depend on the national habits. That’s why we can oposed two main type of trade-unions in Europe: In the first hand‚ german or scandinav trade-unions which are reformists and priviligee negociations between employers and employees; and in the other hand‚ latin trade-unions‚ as the french one‚ which are more revolutionary and act through strikes in order to defend salarees This difference makes us understand that there’s
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