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    Supreme Court Justice

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    the U.S supreme court tends to draw in a lot of political attention. This is the case because both the president and the Senate have a part in the election of a Supreme Court Justice. This essay demonstrates the admirable qualities that a Supreme Court Justice must have to be a potential candidate. The Senate confirmation process was at battle in the video “The Politics of Judicial Appointments.” It opens with Obama searching for quality candidates to fill the role of Supreme Court Justice. Obama

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    What is the Supreme Court

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    Professor and Class‚ The Supreme Court is the law of the land‚ bound by the Constitution‚ but it has certain checks on its authority. For example‚ if Congress does not agree with a certain decision of the Court it can amend the decision or statute. The power of the Supreme Court comes from Judicial Review‚ the purpose is to review the constitutionality of law. Marbury vs Madison is probably the most important Supreme Court case in United States history‚ this is where Judicial Review was originated

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    Government Court Cases

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    Near was taken into custody by the state police. The state arrested the man because of a law called the Minnesota Gag Law of 1925. This law did not allow media that was considered to be hateful to be passed to the public. 3. Opinion Supreme Court ruled that the Minnesota Gag law was a direct violation of the 1st Amendment to the United States Constitution. The ruling of Near v. Minnesota‚ distinguished between hateful speech and hateful actions. It was found that the newspaper was not an immediate

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    Foreword -designed so that readers can study the past 1 - first task of historians is finding the evidence -facts and clues = documents‚ letters‚ memoirs‚ interviews‚ pictures‚ movies‚ novels‚ & poems 2 – Questions and compare the sources Historians look for answers beyond act and motive Historians collaborate w/ one another to seek help from specialist in other disciplines Each document is a witness from the past and open to interpretation in different ways Each book has a specific

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    In 1973‚ the Supreme Court declared that‚ except under certain conditions‚ states may not prohibit a woman’s right to have an abortion during the first six months of pregnancy. This decision affected thirty-one states’ antiabortion laws. It all began in 1970 when a Texan waitress challenged a state law that made abortion a criminal offense. A woman calling herself "Jane Roe"‚ the plaintiff‚ was denied an abortion under the law and she sued Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade‚ the defendant

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    Supreme Court Models

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    1. Supreme Court justices have a serious job of determining if something is unconstitutional or not. As with any big decision‚ there is a precise manor in which the justices decide weather an act is unconstitutional. There are three models that’s the courts follow. The first is the legal model. The legal model states that the court can base their rulings off of the previous rulings of the lower courts. The positive of this model is that the Supreme Court justices have a good background on what went

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    Supreme Court Paper

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    Beer POL 201 10 April 2012 Reaction Paper #3 I think that the Supreme Court can be considered undemocratic because once they are elected‚ they are there for good unless Congress votes 2/3 and the President approves then they can be removed from their power. I think they are elected for life because it would not be easy for Congress‚ the current President‚ and even the American people to sway their decisions. The Supreme Court is designed to rule only on the constitutionality of both federal and state

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    Supreme Court of the United States is not only the highest court‚ but it is also the only part of the federal judiciary specifically required by the Constitution.The Constitution also granted Congress the power to establish other courts‚ a power that that was first used in 1789 when Congress created the district and appeals courts‚ which are now called the lower courts. Article III of the Constitution states that‚ “The judicial Power of the United States‚ shall be vested in one supreme Court‚ and in

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    Evolution of Court System

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    The United States court system has evolved in many ways since its inception. While there are many issues that courts and court administrators face in today ’s society‚ the U.S. court system has improved immensely and can continue to improve in the future. Through the evaluation of the evolution of the United States court system ’s handling of victim ’s rights during court proceedings‚ one can better understand how the court system will deal with the future management of issues‚ as well as other trends

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    Lasser on Supreme Court

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    2013 The Rehnquist court’s decisions in the past couple of years haven’t been as significant as the people may think they are in increasing the autonomy of the states. The court case of medical marijuana under Chief Justice Rehnquist did not end what they called the “federalist revolution”‚ because there was none. This court case was a case that obviously had significance throughout the country as it has been a highly spoke about topic. I believe that the ruling in favor of the states was expected

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