The Judiciary Chapter Focus The purpose of this chapter is to describe the policy-making role of the federal judiciary‚ in particular that of the Supreme Court. To appreciate the significance of this role‚ students need basic knowledge about the history of the Supreme Court‚ the structure and procedures of the federal courts‚ the nature of controversy over the courts‚ and the restraints on judicial policy making. After reading and reviewing the material in this chapter‚ you should be able to
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The Captaincy System: differences between Portuguese rule and local authority in Colonial Brazil The discovery of Brazil came about in the first half of 1500‚ when a Portuguese commander named Pedro Álvares Cabral landed on a beach in what is now the state of Bahia. King Manuel of Portugal had commissioned an ocean fleet larger than any of its predecessors‚ able to carry over a thousand people‚ and had then offered Cabral the caravels so he could set off with an experienced crew and head to
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Eric Spilman Policy-making in the Federal System Pol201: American National Government February 4‚ 2013 The United States Government plays a big role in the policies or programs that the citizens can like or dislike but really don’t have the overall say. When it comes to the policies that get put into place not everyone is going to be happy with it. Sure‚ some policies will benefit some people more than others and some can just plain benefit the ones who run the country. Obamacare has some
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Differences between Federal and State Courts There are often good reasons to choose federal court over state court‚ or state court over federal court. Here are some of the considerations that lawyers and clients weigh when deciding one court over the other. The list is not all inclusive. Existence of Jurisdiction. Whether there is jurisdiction in either or both of the courts. Federal jurisdiction requires either a federal question and sometime a minimum dollar amount at issue or that there by
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The Federal Reserve System‚ though it has many different functions was established to serve the public’s interest. The Federal Reserve has three vital sectors that help in its day to day function: the Board of Governors‚ the Reserve Banks‚ and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). “The Master said: “Learning without thinking is useless. Thinking without learning is dangerous”’ (Confucius The Analects pg. 7). The Board of Governors is ran by seven member or “governors” that oversees the all operations
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Federal Highway Policy: Minimum Legal Drinking Age Ashley Miller American National Government Mark Ladd February 17‚ 2014 The Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA) laws were created in the US after the Prohibition in 1933. AT this time‚ many states set the MLDA at 21. When the voting age was lowered to 18 in 1971‚ many states also lowered their drinking age to 18 or 19 (Fell‚ 2009). After the lowering‚ the amount of alcohol related accidents involving young adults age 18 to
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difference between the federal budget and the state and local budgets is the issue of a monetary deficit‚ in which expenditures in the budget exceeds revenues that were estimated. State and local governments are required to balance their budgets. The federal government is allowed to borrow money to meet its obligations and have a deficit. The federal government collects the most tax revenue‚ but state and local governments have a greater range of revenue options for funding their budgets. The federal government
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characterised by two major systems‚ the unitary and federal systems. The unitary system of government differs from the federal system in that all political power is embedded‚ entrenched and implanted in the national government‚ thus being a good recipe for dictatorship and authoritarianism. Whereas under the federal system political power is shared between the national government and provincial governments. This paper will magnify South African‚ Ugandan and Zimbabwean systems of government and go at
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A unitary state is a sovereign state governed as a single entity. The central government is supreme‚ and the administrative divisions exercise only powers that the central government has delegated to them. Units are created and abolished‚ and their powers may be broadened and narrowed by the central government. They don’t have independent legislative and judicial powers. In federal systems‚ political authority is divided between two autonomous sets of governments‚ both of which operate directly upon
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discrimination law the Right to Sue letter is used will depend on what court the complaint will be filed. State or Federal Court systems are two separate and distinct institutions and have different rules of law. Comparing Differences in State and Federal Court SystemsBeginning an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint is the only formal proceeding that must be satisfied prior to any state or federal civil litigation involving discrimination by an employee against an employer. Black’s Law Dictionary
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