Since there have been very few reported cases challenging drug courts jurisdiction or procedure‚ there is no valid argument against its procedures in terms of constitutional rights. However‚ questions expressed by both advocates and critics of judicial innovation and the different roles judges partake are seen to show the constitutional rights of drug participants are being overlooked (Lane‚ 2003). The broad question remains is whether proactive judges taking on the role of problem-solving can still
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Georgia has approximately 350 municipal courts and five classes of trial-level courts: the magistrate‚ probate‚ juvenile‚ state and superior courts‚ along with two appellate-level courts: the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals. In a magistrate court‚ warrants are issued‚ bail can be set for defendants‚ civil disputes such as violations‚ bad checks‚ landlord and tenant cases are settled‚ and minor criminal offenses are charged. In magistrate court‚ cases can be settled within the parties themselves
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The Courts biased view of Fathers in Family Court Decisions Fathers in family court decisions are given less rights compared to mothers. Fathers should be allowed the same treatment as mothers in family court decisions and they should not be seen as less worthy of custody of a child. Mothers are favored because of the nurturing stereotype but this is not always true and is an incorrect at times. Women in today’s society are more likely to receive residential custody than fathers
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The Bronx courts are so clogged that when a lawyer asks for a one-week adjournment the next court date usually doesn’t happen for six weeks or more. As long as a prosecutor has filed a Notice of Readiness‚ however‚ delays caused by court congestion don’t count toward the number of days that are officially held to have elapsed. Every time a prosecutor stood before a judge in Browder’s case‚ requested a one-week adjournment‚ and got six weeks instead‚ this counted as only one week against the six-month
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The Supreme Court was presented with the case of Fischer vs. The University of Texas where Abigail Fisher was suing the University for discrimination in their affirmative action based admissions process. The Supreme Court voted 7-1 and ruled to send the case back to the lower courts for further review and put off making any final decisions to change the U.S. policy on affirmative action‚ a “longstanding but fragile societal compromise‚ one that forbids quotas but allows using race as one factor among
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there is a hierarchy of courts in the judiciary system. All the courts share certain functions‚ however they also vary in their responsibilities. Municipal Courts: Incorporated cities have municipal courts. A municipal court has exclusive jurisdiction to try any violations of city ordinances. They handle minor violations of the law‚ such as class C misdemeanors for which punishment is a fine of $500 or less and isn’t punishable by a jail sentence. Most cases in Municipal courts involve traffic and
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1. What is the history and development of the juvenile court and justice process? The history of the juvenile court and system dates back to the year 1824 in the United States‚ which was “The House of Refuge” in New York. “The House of Refuge was the first juvenile house of the United States. In 1899‚ Cook County in the state of Illinois established the first juvenile court. Youth in the juvenile court system dating back before the year of 1967 did not have constitutional legal rights. It was not
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container exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement be based on the knowledge of a layperson because it satisfies the fundamental principles established by the U.S. Supreme Court for Fourth Amendment standards by being workable‚ objective‚ and limiting the risk of intrusion? STATEMENT OF THE CASE The Voorhees
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Assignment one: Supreme Court case Roper v Simmons. Due February 3 rd 2014. Citation: 543 U.S 551‚125 S.Ct.1183‚ 161 L. Ed 2d 1‚ 2005 U.S. Facts: In 1993‚ respondent Christopher Simmons in the state of Missouri at the age of 17 and his friend‚ had planned to rob and kill a female victim named Shirley crook. Simmons entered the house‚ robbed it and proceeded to kill the victim and later threw her off of bridge in a state park. Subsequent to the trial‚ the court found Simmons to be guilty
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Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1800-1835. Marshall’s court opinions helped lay the basis for the United States constitutional law and made the Supreme Court of the United States an equal branch of government‚ along with legislative and executive branches. He had previously been a leader of the Federalist Party in Virginia and served in the United States House of Representatives from 199 to 1800. John Marshall’s court cases expanded the power of the court‚ solidified federalist
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