The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate (but largely discretionary) appellate jurisdiction over all federal courts and over state court cases involving issues of federal law‚ and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases. The Court‚ which meets in the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington‚ D.C.‚ consists of a chief justice and eight associate justices who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the United States
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This essay concerns the observation of a court trial following the commitment of a murder. The trial involved two types of vulnerable participants‚ children and persons for whom English was either not spoken or was a second language. The court trial‚ as well as the reporting of the crime to the police‚ were both affected by misunderstandings between the various parties‚ due to language and cultural differences. The complainant‚ (who was later arrested and charged with murdering his wife)‚ a native
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United States Poverty KONY 2012 On March 7‚ 2012 there was a video posted online informing all who watched it about a country in Africa called Uganda and a rebellion army named the Lord’s Resistance Army(LRA); that is accused of murder‚ enslavement‚ sexual enslavement and rape of mostly children and young adults. The video starts off by a man named Jason Russell sharing his story about his time in Africa and how he meets a young boy there named Jacob‚ who has fell victim to all the hate and
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Source One Internet Address: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/crisis-centre/crisis/darfur-conflict Source One Media Type: News article Source One Summary: The conflict began in 2003 when rebels decided they didn’t like the government. The government responded brutally‚ with government troops invading civilian towns‚ killing men and raping women. The resulting violence caused as many as 300‚000 people dying (Though the president‚ Omar Al-Bashir‚ places the death toll at only 10‚000)‚ and another 1
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The US Court System The courts are the overseers of the law. They administer it‚ they resolve disputes under it‚ and they ensure that it is and remains equal to and impartial for everyone. In the United States each state is served by the separate court systems‚ state and federal. Both systems are organized into three basic lev- - els of courts — trial courts‚ intermediate courts of appeal and a high court‚ or Supreme Court. The state courts are concerned essentially with cases arising under state
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The People of the State of Michigan vs. Mateos Trial 18th Judicial Circuit Court‚ Bay City‚ MI Presiding Judge: The Honorable Harry Gill November 19‚ 2013 @ 9:12 a.m. Submitted by November 20‚ 2013 I met outside of 18th Judicial Circuit Court at approximately 7:55 a.m. on November 19‚ 2013. The trial that we watched was supposed to start at 8:30; we got there a little early to be safe. The trial did not end up starting until 9:16 because some of the
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Federal Courts vs. State Courts Courts in the United States are made up and governed by the United States Constitution and then separated by Federal and State levels. Both levels are different in how they are made up‚ how they run and the laws they are in charge of enforcing. Federal: 1. United States Supreme Court; the highest appellate court in the Federal judicial system. This court is tasked with taking on its own cases and normally takes from lower courts that struggle with defining Federal
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1. Which court did you attend and what was the date of your attendance? (e.g. Magistrates Court in Brisbane; Supreme Court in Sydney etc) 2. What kind of hearing did you attend?(e.g. sentence‚ summary trial‚ committal hearing‚ jury trial‚ mention‚ call-over etc.) I attended an appeal against sentence. This is when the accused feels the sentence they were given is too severe‚ in which case a request is put forth to a higher court for the review and rehearing of evidence to change the decision
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Court Report 1. Where is the court situated? Did you find it difficult to reach? The local court that I attended was at Hornsby. It was easy to reach since it was on the main road (Pacific Highway) and was located next to the Council Chambers. I attended the Court on Friday the 2nd of August from 10am to 2pm. 2. How was the work distributed at the Court? Compare the number of matters for hearing and mention‚ eg locate the List Sheets of matters for mention and for hearing and note what types of
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On November 6th‚ I observed a four year-old boy at the UCI Early Childhood Education Center. My observation starts at 4:10pm‚ and it lasts for thirty minutes. At the time I did the observation‚ all of the children woke up from the nap time and started to play outside of the classroom. The playground is at least seventy-five square feet‚ and it has many play stations for children. Three classrooms share the same outside playground‚ and the age groups of those children are from three years old to five
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