The case Gideon V Wainwright all started when Clarence Earl Gideon was arrested for possibly stealing pocket change‚ bottles of coke‚ beer‚ and wine. When Gideon went to trial Gideon believed that an attorney should be appointed to him under the 6th amendment the right to counsel ;however‚ the state of Florida decided that was for federal cases only. After Gideon lost his trial against the state of Florida Gideon found a way to take it further and appealed to the Supreme Court. Once Gideon appealed
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Slavinski 1/3/05 Constitutional Law Supreme Court Case Write-Up Case: Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1976) Source: Internet http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=438&invol=265 http://texascivilrightsreview.org/phpnuke/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=129 http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/324/ Issue: Did the University of California violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal protection
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The Texas v. 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
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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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between right and wrong or fair and unfair. These decisions grow more difficult as time goes on. When considering which Supreme Court case I wanted to research‚ the thought of picking the death penalty topic originally swayed me. I did not want to pick such a controversial subject‚ but I grew more and more intrigued as I read deeper into the case of Gregg vs. Georgia in 1976. The case stirred up many views about capital punishment and allowing a criminal to manipulate the wording of our country’s Constitution
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that a case must jump through in order to reach the federal supreme court‚ and there are different tracks in which it can get there. The Supreme Court can have original jurisdiction‚ it can reach the court via the federal system‚ and it can reach it via the state courts. The Supreme Court receives thousands of cases a year‚ and will only hear from approximately 80. The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in a variety of cases. For instance‚ they have original jurisdiction when states are a
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Joe Thompson Mrs. Cygan US History 01 January 2017 Supreme Court Simulation debrief The concept of the simulation is genius but when put into action with imatuer students who don’t ask questions nor understand the arguments that are being made it is hard to learn or take much from the simulation. My group comprehended the arguments and understood our own case and was successful in presenting because we took our time and learned the case in and out. I feel good about successfully completing our
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Introduction There have been many Supreme Court cases that dealed with many concepts of the law‚ like obscenity for example. As a matter of fact‚ obscenity is a concept that Miller v. California deals with. To be more specific‚ this case deals with what is considered obscene‚ and if the specific obscenity mentioned in this case is protected by the first amendment‚ the freedom of speech. I will now explain this case in more depth. What brought this case about? In 1973‚ Marvin Miller‚ operator
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the federal court system‚ federal court’s jurisdictions‚ and lastly I’m going to compare the federal court system to the state of Georgia’s court system. Let’s start with the federal court system‚ which consist of three tiers. The Federal Courts According to the Paralegal Professional by Henry R. Cheeseman and Thomas F. Goldman‚ the trial courts of the federal system is the District Courts (2011‚ p.211). Cheeseman and Goldman say there are 94 district courts in the federal court system (2011
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Federal v. State Courts The United States is at the forefront of modern democracy. Its unique three branched system allows the government to operate under a quasi-idealistic form of checks and balances. As outlined by the U.S. Constitution‚ the judicial branch of government serves as the interpreter of the law and is “one of the most sophisticated judicial systems in the world.”1 This complexity is a product of balance and structure in the form of a judicial hierarchy‚ with the Supreme Court at the
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