understand the law and procedures. The judge chooses who will serve on the jury and will consider the recommendation of the jury in a bench trial. The judge selects what evidence may be shown at trial and what evidence will be reserved for the appeals court. Points earned on this question: 5 Question 2 (Worth 5 points) During a jury trial‚ each side in a criminal or civil case will present evidence to support their position the prosecution presents evidence supporting the innocence of a defendant
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Beer POL 201 10 April 2012 Reaction Paper #3 I think that the Supreme Court can be considered undemocratic because once they are elected‚ they are there for good unless Congress votes 2/3 and the President approves then they can be removed from their power. I think they are elected for life because it would not be easy for Congress‚ the current President‚ and even the American people to sway their decisions. The Supreme Court is designed to rule only on the constitutionality of both federal and
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Supreme Court Decisions Decisions of the United States Supreme Court have had a significant impact on the nation. Multiple cases that have been brought upon the Supreme Court have huge impacts on the nation. A lot of these cases have had such an impact on American society that they’ve left a permanent mark. Marbury v. Madison‚ a Supreme Court case in 1803 that is considered one of the first major cases is very important to the way our government is structured. Also Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896
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What were you afraid of when you were a child ? There were many things that I was scared of when I was little. Some of the fears I acquired were due to prevailing gossips and unfounded tales talked about by the people who were close to me - friends‚ cousins and my parents. But as I mature into my teenage years‚ I realised the folly and absurdities of my fears. In fact‚ some of them were so ludicrous like lurking monsters under my bed and demon-like character that brutally attacked anyone
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Would You Have Quit? If I was a soldier in the American Continental Army during the Valley Forge time period‚ I would probably have quit the war. The reason that I would want to quit is i wouldn’t want to fight in a war‚ at all. I don’t think that fighting and killing is the answer to a country’s problems. However‚ if i was in the war then I would have quit because times were hard for the soldiers and for the people who were supporting the war‚ the Americans were losing the war‚ and they were
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Americans have always sought to evade an imbalance of power amongst the government. However‚ the judicial branch savors prominence due to the Constitution and the American people’s disposition towards surrendering their fate entirely to elected officials. As a result‚ the court‚ assumes the primary institution to interpret the law of the land. Yet technical‚ political‚ and institutional limitations have been established to restrict the power of the supreme court. Chief Justice Jay believed courts only
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Hayley Bilik Dr. Elizabeth S. Smith PSC-101-05 American Government February 6‚ 2017 The Environment: Supreme Court The Supreme Court is the highest judicial court in the United States‚ and its purpose is to ensure that the Constitution is followed correctly. The Court consists of nine justices‚ and has traditionally achieved higher approval ratings from the public as opposed to the President and Congress. Justices are selected through a vigorous system‚ combining factors such as merit‚ alignment
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The Supreme Court is the highest federal court in the United States. It rules over all federal courts and state courts when pertaining to cases that involve federal laws. Moreover‚ the Court has one Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate Justices that have been nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Amongst the Justices there are liberals‚ conservatives‚ and a moderate. The liberal side consists of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg‚ Justice Sonia Sotomayor‚ Justice Elena
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reason I chose the Supreme Court case Browder vs. Gayle was because of its segregation. In the early nineteen hundreds blacks and whites were separated‚ if they were to walk into a restaurant they had to sit in the back‚ the blacks had different bathrooms than the whites‚ and they weren’t near as clean or high in class as for the whites were. And this was a time when everybody was supposed to be “equal”. There were several cases that blacks have tried to reach the Supreme Court but end up falling
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IF YOU WERE PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN‚ WOULD YOU HAVE MADE THE SAME DECISION AS HE DID‚ WITH DROPPING THE ATOMBOMB ON HIROSHIMA? The 6th of August 1945 was a day that people will always remember with terror. On this day‚ an atomic bomb was used by the U.S. against Japan‚ in the city of Hiroshima. This was the first time in world history. Before this sad event‚ Japan and the U.S. were having conflicts with each other because Japan tried to invade parts of Europe and the Pacific. In an attempt stop Japanese
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