AP Government Chapter 14 The Judiciary The Judicial System operates at all three levels of government (municipal‚ state‚ federal) Most cases are heard in municipal or state courts (criminal and civil suits) Trial Courts—jury or judge decides a case Appellate Courts—review cases if there are matters of legal procedure or law at issue State Supreme Court—another review if no satisfactory decision (sometimes called state court of last resort) Most municipal and state judges run for election
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Part 1. Judicial Precedent “Stare decesis et non quieta movere” – roughly translated means “Stand by what has been decided and do not unsettle the established” - This is the main legal principle‚ which judges are obliged to follow the already set-up precedents‚ established by prior decisions. This means that a decision made in one case can be binding on all following cases under similar circumstances. The principle of stare decisis consists of two components. The first is the rule that a decision
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For far too many years judicial corruption has been a problem in our society‚ but how do we explain the difference between moral and unethical corruption? Within our police system in America‚ there are gaps and loopholes that give leeway to police officers and individuals in the judicial system‚ which either abuse their authority or not a great representation of the ethical standards that they are expected to enforce. Because of the nature of police officers‚ there is a potential for deterioration
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There are three main types of judicial philosophy which is conservative‚ liberal‚ and moderate; this field is the metaphysical standpoints employed by judges to interpret laws. Theses recounts to the United States Supreme Court and the US courts and how the honesties and also the judges who work in those courts apply their belief systems. Judicial philosophy is extremely important because they decide which judges are agreed to unique court arrangements. Despite the fact that few judges observe to
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Definition of judicial restraint‚ mention Marbury V Madison (1803). Set out argument strict constructionists argue that the SC should stick to the original intentions of the FF whilst loose constructionists argue that the SC must reinterpret the Constitution in order to move with the times and bring it up-to-date. Judicial restraint has an impact on many members of US society that are not protected under the original Constitution. Main- All decisions whether restrained or activist have huge political
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independent judicial branch that would not be subject to retaliation by either the executive branch or the legislative branch because of some decision made by those judges."said by Sandra Day O’Connor‚ former associate justice of the supreme court. The judicial branch translates the importance of laws‚ applies laws to induvial cases‚ and chooses if laws disregard the constitution. This legal branch is involved the supreme court and other government courts. Even though people argue that the judicial branch
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first time I bought a pool cue. I had just started playing pool and was getting used to the warped house cues that would sometimes send the balls scrambling in undetermined directions. That is why I decided to buy my own cue and did this without knowing that there is actually a bit of basic knowledge needed to select the right one. Well‚ I figured that out real quick. First of all‚ I didn’t realize that I would need to spend over $15.00 for a good cue. To get a good cue‚ you need to be prepared to
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and the four plus one decision-making method. In taking previous classes it was determine that no one lens fits the values of student Nayeli Trejos. The professor shocked with the results‚ and no student prior to Nayeli received that score in the lens test. This has to do with the fact that a person is not a particular lens all the time but shifts into a lens‚ depending on the situation. Two dilemmas were presented to the student after coaching in each lens the best decision based on the lens was
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In American Constitutional thought‚ it is generally regarded that the Judicial Branch and the courts should be independent from political sway. The Legislative and Executive branches were designed to represent the will of the people at the time‚ but the third branch is to remain isolated. Blatantly activist judges are generally regarded as unacceptable. It’s undeniable‚ however‚ that a completely independent judiciary is impossible in a democratic society. To some extent‚ the general populace plays
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Judicial precedent is based upon the Latin maxim "stare decisis" which loosely translates into "stand by what has been decided and do not unsettle the established". Judicial precedent is the source of law where past decisions of the judges create law for future judges to follow‚ this law can be found in judgement that is binding. Ratio Decidendi is the part of the judgement that is binding. In the English legal system‚ higher courts bind lower courts so lower courts have to follow the past decisions
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