government‚ known as federalism. The goal of federalism is to divide the power of state and federal governments‚ protect the rights of the state (through the 10th amendment)‚ prevent tyranny of the majority‚ and have a government that is close to its people. An example of federalism would be the freeways. They are owned and operated by the states‚ but the federal government sets down some basic guidelines that all states must follow and also provides funding. Federalism has certain advantages
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Landmark Supreme Court Case Project Dredd Scott v. Sandford 1857 In the Dred Scott case‚ Scott filed for a lawsuit to gain freedom for him and his family. He was once obtained a slave in a slave state‚ but his master had moved around and ended up in Illinois‚ which had been a free state in 1836. His rights that were being withheld from him were freedom. The way they pleaded their case was that he lived in a territory where slavery was illegal; therefore he can’t be enslaved again. Scott lost
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1989‚ a court case Doe v. The University of Michigan‚ was held in a U.S District Court to determine if the University of Michigan’s speech codes on hate speech were violating First Amendment rights. John Doe‚ a former student at the University of Michigan‚ declared that speech codes were in fact‚ infringing upon his education by restricting him from conducting controversial topics that some students deemed offensive. Overall‚ the case was decided by a majority vote by the U.S District Court in favor
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silent‚ anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. You have the right to an attorney‚ if you cannot afford an attorney one will be provided for you. These famous words came from Miranda vs. Arizona‚ a Supreme Court case that took place March 13‚ 1963 when Ernesto Miranda was arrested by the Phoenix Police Department‚ who failed to advise him of his rights to an attorney and his rights to remain silent. This case has given alleged offenders a chance to have their voice be heard
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1. | Question : | The litigant who brings charges against an individual‚ corporation‚ or government in a civil or criminal court case is called the | | | Student Answer: | | plaintiff. | | | | defendant. | | | | counsel. | | | | prosecutor. | | | | attorney. | | Instructor Explanation: | L.O. 16-1: Identify the basic elements of the American judicial system and the major participants in it‚ pp. 468-470. | | | | Points Received: | 1 of 1 | |
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The Role and Function of the U.S Supreme Court The Federal Court System contains three levels of courts: first‚ U.S district courts and various courts of limited jurisdiction (trial courts of general jurisdiction). Second‚ U.S courts of appeals (intermediate courts of appeals). Finally‚ the highest level of the three level federal court system is the United State Supreme Court. Today‚ the United State Supreme Court is located in Washington D.C. The United State Supreme Court
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Term Limits for the Supreme Court Justices Intro Paragraph Imagine one of the highest ranked government officials having a memory loss disease such as Alzheimer’s. One-in-nine Americans over 65 has Alzheimer’s disease. Currently‚ seven out of the eight Supreme Court Justices is over the age of 65. Supreme Court justices serve a life-long term according to the Constitution‚ but there should be a term limit. This would make sure that there would be a balance of older and younger justice to balance
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and subsequent endorsements by Supreme Court http://presidentmusharraf.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/musharraf-validity-by-supreme-court/ 1- On 13 May 2000‚ Pakistan’s 12 member Supreme Court unanimously validated the October 1999 coup and granted Musharraf executive and legislative authority for 3 years from the coup date. Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was one of the judges that validated. (Link) 2- On 7 October 2002‚ the 5 member bench of Supreme Court validated LFO and amendments to constitution
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CLRI/ELS Question - Supreme Court As promised today‚ let’s consider a question from Common Law Reasoning and Institutions (as it is named on the University of London International Programmes Syllabus) or English Legal System as named by some other Universities’ syllabus. This is a question previously posed on the University of London Internationl LLB Programme’s 2010 CLRI (ELS) Examination paper. It reads: "The role and functions of a court of appeal and a supreme court are different. The
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was also a crime as well. The Cold War was the most important issue of the presidential campaign of 1948. The Democratic Truman administration‚ feeling pressure from conservative Republicans to ferret out alleged subversive elements‚ brought to court 11 leaders of the Communist Party of the United States for violation of the Smith Act. They were not charged with any overt acts that contributed to violence or revolutionary activity‚ but rather with conspiring to teach and advocate such a activity
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