I. Introduction William Howard Taft had desired to fill a seat on the Supreme Court throughout his distinguished career. Briefly considered for the Supreme Court as early as 1889‚ Taft accepted the position of Solicitor-General in 1890 with the hope that he would one day sit on the other side of the bench. Twice‚ however‚ he refused Theodore Roosevelt’s tender of appointment to the Supreme Court—to the seats vacated by Justices Shiras and Brown. Nellie Taft’s ambitions for the White House and Taft’s
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1988 Judicial Crisis In 1988‚on the ground of misconduct‚ Tun Salleh Abas by then Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammad was brought before a tribunal and this tribunal was chaired by Tun Hamid Omar. Due to the constitutionality of the tribunal‚ Tun Salleh Abas filed a suit in the High Court of Kuala Lumpur and while proceeding‚ interim stay against the tribunal was applied by Tun Salleh Abas until July 4‚ 1988 but the request then denied. Later‚however‚ an interlocutory order was granted to Tun
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framers of our Constitution went to such great effort to create an independent judicial branch that would not be subject to retaliation by either the executive branch or the legislative branch because of some decision made by those judges."said by Sandra Day O’Connor‚ former associate justice of the supreme court. The judicial branch translates the importance of laws‚ applies laws to induvial cases‚ and chooses if laws disregard the constitution. This legal branch is involved the supreme court and other
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In American Constitutional thought‚ it is generally regarded that the Judicial Branch and the courts should be independent from political sway. The Legislative and Executive branches were designed to represent the will of the people at the time‚ but the third branch is to remain isolated. Blatantly activist judges are generally regarded as unacceptable. It’s undeniable‚ however‚ that a completely independent judiciary is impossible in a democratic society. To some extent‚ the general populace plays
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Europe have now induced a localised mild recession. This will hurt demand and coupled with a weak EUR‚ we expect stagnation across a few sectors. Consequently‚ AXYS continues to adopt a conservative stance and projects a GDP growth rate of 3.4%. Our expectations are below that Statistics Mauritius’ 4% and the IMF’s 3.7% respective forecasts. 2012 in Perspective While export manufacturing did recover in 2011‚ we expect a slow down for receipts from Europe-facing exports‚ although US-facing exports
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What is power? -Having control over others -Ability to make decisions - “Top of the food chain” -Ability to take charge -Affecting other people Definition: Ability to act or produce an effect Legal or official authority‚ capacity‚ or right Possession of control‚ authority‚ or influence over others Physical might Mental or moral efficacy Political control or influence Think of someone you believe is powerful. What makes him/her powerful? My mom is powerful because she has the
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DOCTRINE OF PRECEDENT - LAW MAKING POTENTIAL More Judicial Precedent Resources: Judicial Precedent - Lecture Notes #1 THE JUDGES’ ROLE IN PRECEDENT The old view of the judges’ role was that they were merely ’declaring’ the existing law (the ’declaratory theory’). Lord Esher stated in Willis v Baddeley [1892] 2 QB 324: "There is ... no such thing as judge-made law‚ for the judges do not make the law‚ though they frequently have to apply existing law to circumstances as to which it has not
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committed. In recent past‚ the United States Supreme Court has struggled with this issue and with coming to a consensus on how to view proportionality in the Eighth Amendment.2 Recently‚ the United States Supreme Court has decided to hear a Florida case‚ Sullivan v. State‚ 987 So.2d 83 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008)‚ where a minor received a life without parole sentence in a conviction for rape.3 This note will analyze the Sullivan case and predict how the Court will likely rule. There are two dimensions
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specifically the judicial branch and how it’s the weakest branch of government. Hamilton believes that the Judicial branch only has the power to judge on laws‚ but does not alter the actual final decisions on what the laws people need to uphold. Hamilton recognizes that you need all three branches to make a successful government function and that the judicial branch is the least powerful of the three. The legislative branch makes the laws‚ executive branch enforces these laws and lastly the Judicial branch
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Threats To Democracy In Pakistan: ’’ Freedom & Democracy are just more than ideals to be followed‚ rather necessary for survival’’ Noam chomsky. I have attempted the essay based on democracy in 2011 & prepared it like the one u jotted down. Similarly if you start the introduction with the paragraph like: Dancing around the fire is not the solution to any problem‚ one should try to set & see beneath the surface in order to grasp the main issue relating to the crisis of democracy in Pakistan
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