Kimberly B. Ward Should Judges be Appointed or Elected Introduction and Outline Since the United States Democracy was first established‚ legislators and constituents have asked the question “Should judges be appointed or elected?”. Many state legislators have argued that since judges make decisions that directly affect constituents‚ they must be elected and nonpartisan races are held for judgeships. On the other hand‚ the United States Constitution states that all federal judges shall be appointed
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Chapter 4 Introduction to Probability Case Problem: Hamilton County Judges The data in the table provides the basis for the analysis. We provide notes as a guide to answering questions 1 through 5. 1. The conditional probabilities of cases being appealed in the three courts are given in the 3 Total rows in the table. For Common Pleas Court‚ the probability of an appeal is .0401; for Domestic Relations Court‚ the probability of an appeal is .00348; and for Municipal Court‚ the
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Judge Nunley held the court cases at the Robert T. Matsui Federal Courthouse‚ located at 501 I street in Sacramento‚ California. I attended the courthouse on April 6‚ 2017‚ from 1:45pm to 2:45pm in courtroom: No. 2 on the 15th floor. I attended two waivers of indictment‚ arraignment and change of plea cases. The cases involved the U.S. versus Hakob Sergoyan and the U.S. versus Stanislav Sarber. They both where tried for the same crime‚ and ended up presenting themselves to the Judge at the same time
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constitutional dictates and confined to the extent permitted by the Constitution which distinguishes it from being branded as an instance of “Judicial overreach” Do Judges make law? The traditional view on this matter is that‚ for the legislature‚ the question is always general interest against a particular interest. For the Judge‚ the only question is the true intention of the legislature. It is the province of the legislature to determine what
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Case Study - Hamilton County Judges Case (Chapter 4) Commom Pleas Court Q. 1Probibility of Cases Being Appealed and Q. 2 Probability of Q.3 Probability of Judge Reversed Appeal Rank Reversal Rank Fred Cartolano 0.04511 14 0.00395 Thomas Crush 0.03529 4 0.00297 Patrick Dinkelacker 0.03498 3 0.00636 Timothy Hogan 0.03071 2 0.00358 Robert Kraft 0.04047 10 0.00223 William Matthews 0.04019 7 0.00795 William Morrissey 0.03991 6 0.00726 Norbert Nadel 0.04427 13 0.00676 Arthur Ney Jr. 0.03883 5 0.00435
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In this essay‚ I will explain why Texas should retain the partisan election of judges. Texas is one of the few states that choose their judges using a Partisan voting method. Partisan elections can be unreliable and deceitful. A high legal position such as a judge should never be chosen in such a manner. Judges are not chosen based on merit or skills. Partisan elections do not represent the population accurately. The public is usually uninformed about the candidates they choose. In addition‚ partisan
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roles of judges‚ magistrates‚ barristers‚ solicitors and juries. Judges & Magistrates- When hearing a case in court both magistrates and judges have to be unbiased and have no prejudices. They both have to make sure that no party is treated unfairly. Not only that but both parties must have a good sense of judgement and must be able to make sound decisions. Judges & Juries- Although Judges and jurors do not have many similarities there are a few. For example‚ both the judge and jury
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Explain how judges can be dismissed from the office Judges represent an important central role in adjudicating disputes in a fair‚ unbiased manner by applying legal rules and play a vital role in controlling the exercise of power by the state. Judges may leave their position by the termination of an appointment: Dismissal due to breaching judicial disciplines‚ resignation of their own choice or suggestion by the Lord Chancellor for misbehaviour‚ removal due to disability by permanent infirmity
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Do judges make law or merely play a role in interpreting law? Discuss Judges do both. Judges interpret the statue law and they make the common law. There are two types of law one would be the primary law‚ which is also known as the statue law and the secondary law‚ which is also known as the common law. For the primary law it is created by the legislature‚ which is the parliament as the parliament has the power to make the statue because the people elected them. So the judges interpret the primary
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Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee Part One Description/Synopsis Judge Dee was a statesman to a town called Chang-Ping. He lived in the Tang Dynasty. He was known to be a famous detective and by his crime solving. The book‚ Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee‚ is broken down into three parts. This is because he is faced with three murders. The first murder‚ The Double Murder at Dawn‚ was the murder of the two silk merchants. The second murder‚ The Strange Corpse‚ was the sudden death of a young husband
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