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    Why was the Supreme Court built in 2010 and how effective has it been at upholding civil liberties? The Supreme Court was introduced in 2010 as a replacement for the House of Lords as the top law court of justice in the UK‚ Wales and Northern Ireland. This court has cost approximately 59 million pounds to build and was officially open on 1st October 2009. The enactment of the Supreme Court came about under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (The Supreme Court [Online]‚ 2010) and currently stands

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    Supreme Court Justice Sonia Maria Sotomayor 1954 – Justice Sotomayor was nominated by President Barack Obama to the Supreme Court on May 26‚ 2009. A vacancy became open upon the retirement of Justice Souter. If her nomination and approval by the Senate is approved‚ she would become the 111th Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Her confirmation hearing by the Senate did not go without controversy. Justice Sotomayor gave a speech at the University of California‚ Berkeley

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    Each court period in U.S. history impacted the U.S. Supreme Court differently. When the new era of the Warren court was established in 1953‚ President Dwight D. Eisenhower had appointed Earl Warren as the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court thinking that Warren would introduce and spread conservative views throughout the U.S. Supreme Court when in fact he led the court into making liberal decisions. Warren surprised and tricked Eisenhower by his decisions in landmark court cases. The cases heard

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    lifetime designation of our Supreme Court is to guarantee the honesty of the power allowed to Court Justices and protect them against unjust interference from either the legislative or executive branch. And also to protect our Supreme Judges from political pressure. But‚ I believe this can still be done by setting an specific time for the judge to leave the position and therefore‚ I believe it is unnecessary for judges to hold their position for lifetime. Having our Supreme Court Justice serving on

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    election in the history of the United States. Even more important than the elections of 1800‚ 1860‚ and 1932. The future of the United States hangs in balance‚ and this is largely because of the current situation of the Supreme Court. The balance of the Supreme Court is currently three conservative justices and four liberal justices‚ along with one justice who often votes conservative. The next president will probably appoint at least one‚ and up to four or five new Supreme Court Justices. This

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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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    Congress and the states should pass an amendment that allows a staggered 18-year term limit on the tenure of the Supreme Court justices. Under this proposal‚ each justice would serve for 18 years‚ and the terms would be established so that there is a vacancy every two years. The vacancies would be on the first and third years of the presidential term. This would allow enough time so that the senate would pass somebody through and the president would not be denied one of his two appointees. The terms

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    STUDY BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CASE: Novartis is a Swiss drug maker which produces and sells an anti cancer drug called ‘Glivec’. It had filed an appeal before the Honorable Supreme court of India for the grant of patent of the same. The appellant had first filed an application for patent in Chennai Patent office on July 17‚ 1998. The appeal was filed for grant of patent for Imatinib Mesylate in beta crystalline form which they claimed to be an invention on the following grounds: • It has more beneficial

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    The Brethren – Inside the Supreme Court: Book Review The Brethren‚ co-authored by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong‚ is an in-depth documentary of the United States Supreme Court from 1969 to 1975‚ under the leadership of Warren Burger. The book attempts to present the reader with what "really" goes on in the Supreme Court. It describes the conferences‚ the personality of justices‚ and how justice’s feel toward each other‚ items which are generally hidden from the public. This book is comparable

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    Thematic Essay-Supreme Court Cases The outcome of cases that have gone through the United States Supreme Court judicial branch have each had a major impact on how the laws and amendments of the United States Constitution are interpreted. Two cases in particular that expanded constitutional liberties is the case of Engel vs. Vitale (1962) and the case of Tinker vs. Des Moines School District (1969). Not only did both of these cases expand constitutional liberties in general‚ they more specifically

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