Court Unification Court Unification is defined as the proposal that seeks to centralize and integrate the diverse functions of all courts of general‚ concurrent‚ and exclusive jurisdiction into a more simplified and uncomplicated scheme. Pros and Cons of Court Unification The New York State Legislature and the voters of New York have an opportunity this year to play important roles in unifying our court system. Last year‚ the Legislature took the first step required to enact an amendment
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An appellate court is a court that takes initial trial decisions into review upon the outcome being seen as unconstitutional by either the defendant or the government. Congressional act of 1789 Created a supreme court‚ appoint 6 justices and establish a lower federal court system. Various acts of congress have changed the number of seats in the supreme court over the years. the lowest amounts between 5-6 and the highest 10. In fact after the civil war the seats were fixed to nine‚ that’s 1 chief
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Our court system is so busy that the process has become assembly line justice. There are many reasons for this. The court system has one view. The criminal justice system is involved three noteworthy establishments which process a case from inception‚ through trial‚ to punishment. A case starts with law authorization authorities‚ who explore a wrongdoing and assemble proof to recognize and use against the assumed culprit. The case proceeds with the court framework‚ which measures the confirmation
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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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I. Introduction a. Since their creation in the 1990’s‚ problem-solving courts have become of much interest to the legal community. Not only are these courts revolutionary in their way of processing cases‚ but also they are proving to have great success rates. One of the most important aspects of the problem-solving courts is how much more involved a judge is with each case. In traditional courts‚ a judge will most likely read off the names of the people in the docket‚ and simply sentence an individual
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INTRO HOOK: Since the beginning of our country‚ 158 laws have been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. TRANSITION……………………………………………………………………………………………. Our government has three branches of government‚ the Legislative‚ Executive‚ and Judicial. Because of the basis in which our country was founded‚ the political leaders of the past wanted to insure that none of these branches would retain too much control over the government. In order to do this‚ they created the system of checks and
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construction of courts for youths who are between 11 – 18 years (juvenile court system). These courts are referred as peer courts or teen courts. More of concern any youth charged with an offense has the opportunity to undergo the hearing and sentencing proceedings of juvenile courts and should agree to a sentencing forum with a jury of the youth’s peers. The peer courts are under the supervision of a judge‚ youth defendants‚ and volunteers who play a variety of roles in the
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acknowledging 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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An impending issue currently involves the terms of the U.S. Supreme Court Justices. They are enjoying extended stays on the bench due to an increase in life expectancy. In fact‚ Justices are now serving an average of 26.1 years before retiring or death—twelve years longer than they did when the average span of a judge’s tenure was roughly fourteen years. Therefore‚ a proposal has been offered that addresses this concern. Under this proposal a judge would serve a term of ten years; after ten years
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Standardised Testing Name: Institution: Abstract This paper explores two published books that touched on pros and cons of standardized testing in schools. Popham‚ (2001) and Sacks‚ (1999) suggest that through pros a student will have to pass certain tests to determine that he or she has acquired proficiency in various fields of study. According to the two authors‚ in cons the students who have mastery of the content‚ don’t show in the test; it mostly promotes teachers to teach tests and evaluate
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