convicted 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
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An impending issue currently involves the terms of the U.S. Supreme Court Justices. They are enjoying extended stays on the bench due to an increase in life expectancy. In fact‚ Justices are now serving an average of 26.1 years before retiring or death—twelve years longer than they did when the average span of a judge’s tenure was roughly fourteen years. Therefore‚ a proposal has been offered that addresses this concern. Under this proposal a judge would serve a term of ten years; after ten years
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Separation of Powers in the American Democracy American National Government Separation of powers provides our government with a system of checks and balances‚ a way to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. This concept was important in the creation of our government because it prevented one central government. Our Framers wanted to avoid a government that was run by one person‚ or one super powerful group. In order to effectively put their theory to work‚ they actually
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presidential goals and vacancies that need to be filled. Supreme Court Justices consist of nine justices currently‚ with one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices. They are
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INCONSISTENCE OF OUR ACTIONS Life is full of contradictions. People often contradict themselves by saying or thinking about something but they end up doing something completely different. Michel de Montaigne of his essay of the inconsistence of our actions criticizes with frankness how humans tend to contradict themselves‚ most of the time. There are four fragments of this essay that i will put as a examples and put in discussion of how the actions of the people are inconsistent more than ever
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and subsequent endorsements by Supreme Court http://presidentmusharraf.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/musharraf-validity-by-supreme-court/ 1- On 13 May 2000‚ Pakistan’s 12 member Supreme Court unanimously validated the October 1999 coup and granted Musharraf executive and legislative authority for 3 years from the coup date. Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was one of the judges that validated. (Link) 2- On 7 October 2002‚ the 5 member bench of Supreme Court validated LFO and amendments to constitution
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One Supreme Court member that stands out from the rest would have to be John Marshall. There is no doubt about this because he made the Supreme Court a co-equal branch of government. This means that it was an equal branch to the legislative and the executive. He became a Supreme Court Justice in 1801 and was appointed by John Adams. While holding his position he set three major goals that set precedents and made him the most significant Supreme Court Justice ever. Marshall strengthened the national
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How do our attitudes towards the past and future shape our actions? “How did it get so late so soon” (Dr. Suess). In life‚ many of us go through traumatic or life-changing events. Some people end up being enslaved to their past or future and shape their actions depending on how one reacts‚ whether we are enslaved to the past and live in a hole of depression or live with anxiety‚ anxious about where we have to be in the future. People can go through traumatic and life-changing events that can
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Liberal democracy is a form of government in which representative democracy operates under the principles of liberalism‚ i.e. protecting the rights of the individual‚ which are generally enshrined in law. It is characterised by fair‚ free‚ and competitive elections between multiple distinct political parties‚ a separation of powers into different branches of government‚ the rule of law in everyday life as part of an open society‚ and the equal protection of human rights‚ civil rights‚ civil liberties
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Johnson (1989) supreme court case is very important. It was a landmark supreme court case‚ and decided for all future court cases how the first amendment would be interpreted. They had to look at and determine the extent of the phrase‚ "freedom of speech". Johnson’s action of burning an American flag was to be reviewed and they would have to decide whether his action counted as "freedom of speech‚" and if it was protected by the first amendment. It turned out to be that his action was protected by
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