Ruling‚ Bush vs Gore In December of 2000‚ the United States Supreme Court made a decision that ended the dispute about the 2000 presidential election in favor of George W. Bush. The Court ruled that the Florida Supreme Court ’s method for recounting ballots was a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The reason for this was the lack of equal treatment of all the ballots cast in Florida. The Court also ruled that no alternative method could be established within the
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Abstract The following is a case summary on United States Supreme Court case 03-633 Roper v. Simmons. Even though many disagree with the death penalty all together‚ even more disagree with the death penalty for juveniles. It is my opinion that anyone over the age of 16 who can premeditate and act upon an event so gruesome that includes either or both rape and murder should be subject to the death penalty. Juvenile offenses continue to rise in number and severity and many of those are because
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answer one that puzzled the Supreme Court and led to a change in criminal procedure. The verdict was a strict interpretation of the constitution. The fourth amendment was relevant because the fourteenth amendment grunted due process. It was a very good decision‚ it protected the black minority who at the time were being routinely harassed and convicted for no reasons. This decision certainly did not stop that but it made it harder
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Differences between Federal and State Courts There are often good reasons to choose federal court over state court‚ or state court over federal court. Here are some of the considerations that lawyers and clients weigh when deciding one court over the other. The list is not all inclusive. Existence of Jurisdiction. Whether there is jurisdiction in either or both of the courts. Federal jurisdiction requires either a federal question and sometime a minimum dollar amount at issue or that there by
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a civil case. On top of each state having their own set of civil procedural rules there are federal civil procedure rules that operates separately and independently. There are several similarities and differences between the federal court system and Virginia’s court system. One similar that they both share deals with the severing process. A summons must be served with a copy of the complaint. Anyone eighteen and older‚ that is not personally involved with the matter may serve a summons and complaint
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Since the days of Chief Justice John Marshall‚ The Supreme Court has been the arbiter of constitutionality among the three branches of government. Through this judicial review‚ The Supreme Court has become the bastion of The Constitution. In the current case of Zivotofsky v. Kerry‚ the very checks and balances that hold the triarchy of American government stable are bearing inspection. Fomented in a small passage of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act in 2002 with‚ “for purposes of the registration
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Article 267 TFEU; an organism devised to practice private enforcement of EU law before national courts‚ has been critical to ensure uniform interpretation and application of EU law in member states. References for preliminary rulings occur when the national courts are presented with a question of EU law due to uncertainty of the provision. The national court will therefore ‘make a reference to the Court of Justice (COJ) to obtain a preliminary ruling on any point of EU law relevant to the proceedings’2
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the Supreme Court has made numerous decisions that impacted the course of history. The Supreme Court has a very important job‚ to interpret the constitution principles and make decisions based on these important standards. Had it not been for the rulings made by this court‚ many laws and precedents may not have been adapted. One case that had an exceptionally important impact on history was the case of Muller vs. Oregon. This case is one of the most influential decisions in Supreme Court history and
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citizen has undeniable rights that are provided in the Constitution and that should also protect minors while they are at school and at home‚ where they should be able to express themselves without punishment as well. Ingraham v. Wright is a Supreme Court case that deals with corporal punishment at school. James Ingraham‚ a 14 year old boy‚ was taken to his principal’s office for “rowdy” behavior. As a punishment for misbehaving‚ the principal decided to give him five swats with a paddle‚ although he
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In the Supreme Court case District of Columbia v. Heller‚ the Court analyzed the meaning and extent of the Second Amendment for the first time since 1939. In narrow 5-4 decision penned by Justice that the District of Columbia’s ban on handgun was unconstitutional and thus violates the individual right granted by the Second Amendment. The Justices of the Supreme Court interpreted the Second Amendment as the right of individuals to keep and bear arms‚ having nothing to do with collective right grant
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