Presidential power has been an important topic of consideration and debate since the founding of the nation. Many presidents have tested the limits of the Constitutional provisions regarding the authorities of the executive branch, and in response, both the judicial and legislative branches have imposed the proper checks and balances via court rulings and newly legislated limitations. In modern American politics, many question the Constitutional legitimacy of various executive actions taken by the most recent
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responsibility of the state or local government to pay for the implementation of the law. In the end, it is local taxpayers who end up footing the bill. Judicial activism refers to court decisions that arguably go beyond applying and interpreting the law and extend into the realm of changing or creating laws, or going against legal precedents. Arguably these decisions are
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Facts: Petitioner was charged in Florida State Court with breaking and entering with the intent to commit a misdemeanor- a felony under Florida law. The destitute petitioner ask the court to provide counsel to represent him in court because he cannot afford a lawyer. The court denied the petitioner stating Florida law does not have to appoint counsel to defendants unless a person is charged with a capital offense. Petitioner protest that he had a right to counsel, but was force to put on his case
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second floor balcony in front of the House of Representatives and the Senate, creating a portrait of the nation’s first executive and legislative branches set beside each other. Later, the building became home to the first Supreme Court, the federal judicial branch of government. As the nation’s most important official
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An analysis of the Omega Spielhallen v Bonn case Omega Spielhallen v Bonn was a case which was presented before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and which involved a German firm and German authorities. This case constitutes a good illustration of how European law works and of the interaction between State Courts and European institutions. Also, it was a case of prime importance for Human Rights in the Community since the ECJ ruled that fundamental human rights, whether they arise from the Constitutions
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Introduction to Commercial Law “The law isn’t perfect but it certainly beats whatever is in second place.” ~ Kojak 1974 The common law system is based on the English model which has been inherited by various countries whose development has been influenced by British colonialism, in particular Commonwealth countries. Given that the law reflects the general character of the society in which it exists, it is not surprising that over a period of 200 years there is a lack of complete
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HABEAS CORPUS AND THE WAR ON TERROR POL 201 AMERICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT JEFFREY LONG JANUARY 27, 2014 September 11, 2001 has brought about many changes in the form of how the country protects itself from terrorists. In particular, how we handle individuals captured and labeled as enemy combatants. The United States Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba(GITMO) is land leased to the United States under the Cuban-American Treaty of 1903 for the use of coaling and a Naval station. Since
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of province of constitutionalism * Normative Constitutionalism (most touched-on area) * Concerned with problem of how to reconcile constitutionalism and democracy * Asks questions like how best to legitimize practice of judicial review, how constitutional texts to be interpreted, what’s the best conception of democracy, what set of constitutional rights most worthy of recognition: interpretation, content, structure * Conceptual Constitutionalism * Concerned
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The Equal Rights Amendment is one of the twenty-seven failed amendments to the United States Constitution. This amendment would give equal rights to men and women, under federal and state laws within the United States. The amendment was written in 1923, by Alice Paul, a suffragist leader and founder of the National Woman’s Party. It was presented at every Congress from 1923, until 1972 when it was passed and sent to the states for ratification. However, only 35 out of the 38 required states, ratified
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Constitutional monarch Princess Elizabeth succeeded to the throne in the age of 25 after the death of her father, King George the VI. The next year she as given the title “Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God< of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Her other Realms and territories, the Head of the British Commonwealth of Nations, defender of the faith”. So what does the title of constitutional monarch contain and what is the role of the Queen within the UK and
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