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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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 declined admission to the University of Texas because of her race. Ms. Fisher also suggested that such affirmative action laws
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Example: Your case: Case Name: Bedford vs. R Case Name: Lohan vs. R Charter Section: Section 7; “Eeveryone has the right to life‚ liberty and security of person.” Charter Section to be used: Section 7: Everyone has the right to life‚ liberty‚ and security of a person Section 12: Everyone has the right now to be subjected to any cruel or unusual punishment Search: Go to Google‚ search for Section Seven‚ Charter of Rights and Freedoms Search for The Section Using Google/Wikipedia
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the size of Texas‚ I think it is necessary for Texas to have the complicated Supreme Court system that it has today. The Supreme Court System is used to take on both civil cases and criminal cases‚ and this is why it must be separated into two distinct branches. The first branch of the State Court of Texas is the Texas Supreme Court. This court according to the website for Supreme Court Laws (2017)‚ the Texas Supreme Court “hears and administers decisions concerning civil cases.” According to Nolo
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Court History and Purpose CJA/224 May 17‚ 2012 Courteney Harris Court History and Purpose The court system in America has been around since the middle of the 1600’s and has played a crucial role in the development of how things are done when it comes to the criminal justice side. From today’s federal court and our typical state court‚ these dual court systems came about from a mutual agreement presented from our nation’s founders. In the last 200 years‚ states’ rights have gradually waned
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under the USA Patriot Act of 2003 for "furthering the aims of known terrorism organizations by advocating the violence of the United States government that is called for by those organizations." He was tried and convicted by the Federal District Court‚ and has challenged the constitutionality of this Act on the grounds that it violates his First Amendment right of Freedom of Speech as protected by the United States Constitution. The United States Patriot Act of 2003 makes it a crime to "further the
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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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How accurate is it to say that the role of the Supreme Court was the most important factor in improving the status of African Americans in the USA in the years 1945–55? Supreme Court was an important factor when it comes to looking at the improvement of African American’s status. It challenged various factors such as education‚ voting rights and simply their rights in general. Whilst this is true‚ it isn’t the only factor that had an impact‚ other factors include World War 2 and federal government
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appointed last minute by Adams their federal commission. Jefferson used his secretary of state‚ James Madison‚ to be his voice about the situation. Enraged William Marbury and others sued the government and the case went to the Supreme Court. One of the members of the Supreme Court was the recently appointed Chief Justice John Marshall. Appointing the men to be Justices of the Piece was with in Adams constitutional rights as president. John Marshall says “ The constitution is either a superior paramount
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and pres had to give guy his job then there was a risk that president wouldn’t listen which means that would ruin supreme court legitimacy. If he ruled for madison then that would increase legitimacy of SCOTUS. SOLUTION Marshall sees that Marbury took to SCOTUS first and he questioned whether they had jurisdiction on the issue or not. When Congress modified powers of supreme court‚ the Congress did not have jurisdiction to modify powers of the branches. Only way to modify powers is to amend the
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