Facts The case Democratic Alliance v President of South Africa deals with the extent of the constitutional constraints that exist in relation to the exercise of power by the president. s179 of The Constitution together with s10 of the National Prosecuting Authority Act stipulates that a National Director of Public Prosecutions‚ who is the director of public prosecutions is appointed by the president‚ as the head of the national executive. In Democratic Alliance v President the issue was whether
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Taqiya Andrade January 19‚ 2014 LEG 420 Case Study 1 MARBURY VS MADISON The case I briefed was the Marbury vs Madison case. The issue prosecuted was does Marbury have a right to the commission? Does the law grant Marbury a remedy? Does the Supreme Court have the authority to review acts of congress and determine whether they are unconstitutional and therefore void? Can congress expand the scope of the supreme courts original jurisdiction beyond what is specified
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Southern Roots of Ida B Wells-Barnett’s Revolutionary Activism By Rychetta N. Watkins Before Ida B Wells-Barnett expanded her revolutionary essence to the north‚ and even all the way to places like Britain; she began her long journey to activism deep in the heart of her southern roots‚ in Memphis. In the article‚ The Southern Roots of Ida B Wells-Barnett’s Revolutionary Activism‚ by Rychetta N. Watkins‚ Watkins reconstructs Ida B Wells’ life of activism‚ feminism‚ and leadership as a Southerner. As
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Romanticism and Activism – A comparison of the work of Fay Godwin and Sebastiao Salgado‚ to ascertain the degree to which they are romantics and how their images may move the viewer to action. This essay will contrast how romanticism has influenced the photographic practice of Fay Godwin and Sebastiao Salgado‚ and how this approach in turn can start to affect environmental activism. The framework will specifically be within a genre defined by photographer David Ward‚ as ‘Romantic landscape’‚ (Ward
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Korematsu vs. United States Essay Fred Korematsu was born in the U.S. in 1919‚ but his parents were born in Japan. Even though his parents were not natural born citizens of the U.S‚ he still was. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ Americans of Japanese ancestry were seen as a threat which ended up forcing U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue what is known as the Executive Order 9066‚ or Exclusion Order. This order stated that any descendents or immigrants from enemy nations‚ who
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Madison vs. Marbury 1803 One of the most well-known court cases is the case of Madison vs. Marbury in 1803. This case occurred during the end of John Adams presidency and the beginning of James Madison’s. Due to personal hatred between Madison and Adams‚ Adams felt the need to higher the “ midnight judges”; to maintain the beliefs he had since he would no longer be in office to uphold them. The thing about these 16 judges was that they were hired the night before Madison came into office at 11:45
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The article titled “Walmart Shut 5 Stores Over Labor Activism” on CBS News describes how Walmart is raising suspicions after closing five stores in the same day for “plumbing” problems. According to the article by authored by Aimee Picchi‚ all five stores shutdown on the same day‚ all for the same reason and for the same estimated amount of time. The company estimated the temporary shutdown will extend up to six month and no prior notices were given to the employees‚ which raises a question about
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Marbury vs Madison • What Occurred in the case? o Judicial review is the power of the courts to annul the acts of the executive and/or the legislative power where it finds them incompatible with a higher norm. Judicial review is an example of the functioning of separation of powers in a modern governmental system (where the judiciary is one of several branches of government). This means that the Judicial Branch of the government can check and/or balance the Executive Branch and/or the Legislative
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The activist-nonactivist discussion‚ and the role the government should play in forming economic policy‚ has been a long running debate among. It is common thought today‚ in the general populous‚ that the burden of unemployment and inflation should fall on the government‚ and that the government should play an active role in combating such economic stresses. However‚ there are those who believe government intervention should be avoided. This controversy first became popularized over 50 years ago
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To what extent has the Roberts Court witnessed a revival of conservative activism? (45 marks) Conservative activism can be defined in many ways. One of these ways is the disposition to preserve or restore what is established and traditional and to limit change. Many would argue that since the beginning of the Roberts Court‚ there has been a slight shift to the right‚ many of which reasons I will discuss later on. However; it could be said that as a result of the Courts voting decisions that they
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