ARTICLE VII. THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT Section 1. EXECUTIVE POWER Scope: 1) Executive power is vested in the President of the Philippines. 2) The scope of this power is set forth in Art. VII of the Constitution. But this power is not limited to those set forth therein. The SC, in Marcos v. Manglapus, referred to the RESIDUAL powers of the President as the Chief Executive of the country, which powers include others not set forth in the Constitution. EXAMPLE: The President is immune
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Analysis of the Oklahoma City Bombing On April 19th, 1995, at 9:02 AM a bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Office Building in Oklahoma City. The cause of the explosion was an Ammonium Nitrate and Fuel Oil bomb in a 24 foot rental truck parked in the street on the north side of the building (Oklahoma City Fire Department Report of the Bombing). The building was home to sixteen federal agencies. This was the most destructive terrorist act on American soil until the 9/11 attacks.
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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 1 OUTLINE KEYED TO: SULLIVAN CASEBOOK 1. The Supreme Court's Authority and Role * Judicial Review * ROL→ Congress may neither restrict nor enlarge the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction. * Marbury v. Madison * →Established Judicial Review. Court Held that a writ of mandamus to deliver a commission made by John Adams fell under the Sup. Court's appellate jurisdiction and therefore could not be brought in that court originally
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u recently asked me to undertake and enormous task of creating a new court system for the 53rd state of Puerto Rico. I took the outline from three state court systems of New York, Alaska, and Colorado. I divided the State into 4 equal parts to distribute the courts equally. Puerto Rico court system will consist of Town or village courts, Municipal (County) courts which also have sub courts, Appellate Court and the Highest Court in the State the Supreme Court. Robert Owens once said “Courts of law
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Is America really taking the correct action towards first degree murderers and rapist? I believe some change is necessary; the death penalty should be legalized in all states. The United States should use the capital punishment because it is economical and has deterring effects. While life with no parole sentencing is a valid sentence, the death penalty is in public favor, ruled as constitutional, is humane, and allows convicts many opportunities to appeal. Many people will claim that
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Article Rebuttal Unraveling the “Three Strikes law and making it unconstitutional is the primary focus of the Criminal Defense Clinic at Stanford Law School. Its founder Michael Romano States in his article “Striking Back: Using Death Penalty Cases to Fight Disproportionate Sentences Imposed Under California’s Three Strike Law” (2010), his clinic believes the “Three Strikes Law” is unconstitutional and unfair punishment. Our argument we will make the case stating he is using fallacies to strengthen
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After the Labour party’s strong victory in the 1997 general election, winning 179 seats, they have made moves and provisions towards constitutional reform. Indeed, the two prime ministers; Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have done much for reform over the years, as illustrated by devolution and the human rights act. Indeed, they made provision for reform in 4 key areas, modernisation, and greater protection of rights, democratisation and decentralisation. However, it can be argued that their reform has
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Manhattan. When Mallon wrote George Ferguson regarding the results he responds, “none of the specimens submitted by you , of urine and feces, have shown Typhoid colonies” (p. 74). In 1909, Mary Mallon’s lawyer, George Francis O’Neil filed “a writ of habeas corpus to test the legality of Mallons detention in a court of law ”(p.76) . In contrast, the Department of Public Health argued that according to their laboratory results, Mallon is a healthy carrier of typhoid who she serves as a menace to society
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Gideon’s Trumpet, by: Anthony Lewis Clarence Earl Gideon was born on August 30, 1910 in Missouri. Gideon lost his father when he was three years old. His home life was non existent as he ran away from home when he finished eighth grade and started living his life as a homeless drifter. By the time that Gideon reached the age of sixteen he had an extensive list of petty crimes. At age eighteen he was arrested in Missouri and convicted of robbery, larceny and burglary. Gideon was sentenced
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Jury Trial Analysis CJA/364 Jury Trial Analysis In the United States citizens are given certain rights when they are accused of a crime and are facing a trial. They have the right to a speedy trial, this it to avoid a person being charged with a crime them spending a prolonged period incarcerated prior to conviction. They have the right to an impartial jury. Jurors are interviewed by both the prosecution and the defense to endure that the defendant is not known to them and that if the
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