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    EXTRA JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH SALE Know All Men By these Presents: That this Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate with Sale‚ made and executed by and among: LINO R. ENSEÑADO‚ widower‚ EMERLINA B. ENSEÑADO-SALAGOSTE‚ married to Godofredo Salagoste‚ Raul B. Enseñado‚ married to Erlinda Elepaña‚ EMMA B. ENSEÑADO‚ single‚ HENRY B. ENSEÑADO‚ married to Rosario Paloma and LEVY B. ENSEÑADO‚ single‚ all of legal age‚ Filipinos and resident of Daet‚ Camarines Norte‚ except for Raul and Henry

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    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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    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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    messages in classroom By Bill Mears‚ CNN Supreme Court Producer updated 3:41 PM EDT‚ Mon June 11‚ 2012 STORY HIGHLIGHTS Washington (CNN) -- In what have become known as the "Jesus pencil" and "candy cane" cases‚ the Supreme Court refused Monday to consider appeals from the families of elementary school students over distribution of religious-themed gifts on campus. At issue was whether school officials can be sued for violating the First Amendment rights of what the students claimed was their "private

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    Landmark Supreme Court Decisions Scott Nagao 3/10/97 Period 7 About 32 years ago‚ in December of 1965‚ a group of adults and students from Des Moines‚ Iowa gathered to show their dislike towards American involvement in the Vietnam War. They decided to wear black armbands and fast on December 16 and 31 to express there point. When the principals of the Des Moines School System found out their plans‚ they decided to suspend anyone who took part in this type of protest. On December

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    The executive and the judicial branches of government affect my life daily‚ the Judicial branch explains and analyzes laws‚ making certain that they are not violating the principles for which the Constitution stands for. For example‚ the judicial branch deals with court cases and we as citizens may be asked to be a juror on a case. The executive branch’s job is to put into action and manage laws that Congress passes only after they have been analyses by the judicial branch. The President is the head

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    views on how our government takes action. Especially many have criticized actions that the supreme court has taken throughout history. Can we really say we have an indecisive Government? Looking back in history‚ we can recall how the Supreme Court acted differently than how they act today. I think the Supreme Court used to act based on the context of history in past court cases. However‚ today I believe the Court seems to act on behalf of the well connected and powerful people. We as a society often

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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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    Caselist Marbury v. Madison SO WHAT? This formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution. The landmark decision helped define the boundary between the constitutionally separate executive and judicial branches of the American form of government. PROBLEM? Johns Adams was about to stop being president so he tries to do a whole lot and appoints a bunch of justices of the peace (one of them was Marbury). James Madison refused to give

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    legislative branch is in charge of making the laws that everyone is expected to follow. Then‚ the judicial branch must interpret the laws so that everyone can clearly understand why it is a law. Lastly‚ the executive branch has to enforce the law and make sure that no one is breaking it. This system is used to prevent the government from becoming too powerful in one of the three branches. The legislative branch has the power to overturn a Presidential veto with a two thirds vote of both branches.

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