The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court of the land. “Supreme Court decisions help shape the law of the land” (Winter‚ 2009). The Supreme Court of the United States is composed of 9 Justices. The United States Supreme Court ensures that the President of the United States‚ Congress‚ and state governments are adhering to the articles of the United States Constitution. “The Supreme Court has original‚ or trial‚ jurisdiction only in rare instances (set forth in Article III‚ Section2
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their universities because they felt that they were denied admission because of their race. The most known cases are Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger where Caucasian students disputed the University of Michigan’s Race to undergraduate and law school program. These cases were significant in the revision of affirmative action policies. The cases allowed the Supreme Court to question the constitutionality of such affirmative admission policies. Similarly‚ Abigail Fisher claimed that she was
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For nearly half a century‚ the Supreme Court’s decision in Tinker has been applied to numerous cases involving student speech. However‚ in recent years‚ the Supreme Court has been faced with the difficult decision of how to apply it to online‚ off-campus speech. So what direction are the courts currently heading to give clarity to school leaders on how to approach discipline of students’ off-campus‚ online speech? The answer… is very little. One case we briefly mentioned in class this semester
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The United States Supreme Court is the highest federal court to decide the outcome of cases from lower courts. All decisions and outcomes of the case are final‚ but the case must go through proper channels before going to the Supreme Court. The United States Supreme Court has the authority to overturn‚ question‚ and investigate cases that were decided in lower courts. Researchers stated that the President of the United States has the authority to nominate a potential candidate with the advice and
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oppressed. 3. The Supreme Court case that upheld “separate but equal” was the Plessey vs. Ferguson case in 1869. 4. Rosa Parks was a black woman‚ who stood up to whites‚ to fight for black rights. 5. The case was invalidated because it leads to a Supreme Court ruling. Section 3 1. The Scottsboro Boys were known for hopping from town to town on trains‚ and were accused of raping a group of young white girls. 2. They were unprofessional because they showed up to court drunk‚ they had no defendant
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Sotomayor was informed about the possibility to be nominated as Supreme Court Justice if David Souter were to retire. Davis Souter’s plans to retire we leaked on April 30‚ 2009‚ leading to early attention for Sotomayor’s nominee possibility as the new Supreme Court Justice. Sotomayor was informed of President Barack Obama choice on May 25. He then nominated her on May 26‚ 2009. When Sonia was nominated‚ history was made for the American court system; she became the second jurist to be appointed for three
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1/3/05 Constitutional Law Supreme Court Case Write-Up Case: Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1976) Source: Internet http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=438&invol=265 http://texascivilrightsreview.org/phpnuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=129 http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/324/ Issue: Did the University of California violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection clause‚ and the
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national and state share power and derive authority from the people. While they each share certain powers‚ each type of government is supreme in some cases. Over the years‚ federalism has certainly changed because more ideas have been proposed‚ but ultimately it has centralized the meaning for the better. In order of importance‚ the Marshall Supreme Court Decisions ranks number one. This began when the state of Maryland attempted to impede operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United
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Clarence Thomas is the second colored male justice to serve on the U.S Supreme Court. I wanted to write about Clarence Thomas because i was fascinated how he overcame racial barriers‚ why he rarely asked questions in court‚ also his opinion as a U.S Supreme Court justice. I wanted to write about Clarence Thomas because‚ he overcame racial boundaries. Clarence Thomas spoke at a small gathering of students about his previous racism he remembers experiencing when leaving his native south. “The worst
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Your Name: Marcos Zuniga Case Name: California v Hodari Citation: 499 U.S. 621 Date Decided: 1991 Area of Law: Fourth Amendment Vote: 7/2 Scalia delivered the opinion of the court‚ in which justice Rehnquist‚ CJ‚ joined and White‚ Blackmun‚ O’ Conner‚ Kennedy‚ and Souter‚ JJ‚ joined. Stevens‚ filed a dissenting opinion‚ in which Marshall‚ J.‚ joined Procedural History: California v Hodari first proceeding were through the juvenile courts. Hodari tried to suppress the evidence relating
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