Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination

This case regarding Hinton involves the sixth amendment, various examples of how one can file a motion to suppress a charge/extend the trial, and goes off of the same basis and similarity of “Strickland v Washington”. This Supreme Court case all began in 1985 when a serious of restaurant robberies turned deadly in relatively the same way. Authorities had no leads until one of the restaurant managers survived an attack and picked out Mr. Hinton from a group of pictures presented before him. The…

The two Supreme Court systems in Texas are the Court of Criminal Appeals and Texas Supreme Court. According to utexas.edu, the Court of Criminal Appeals “is the highest state court for appeals resulting from criminal cases. This court has statewide, final appellate jurisdiction over criminal cases. It also makes rules of post-trial and appellate procedure for criminal cases. The court has the power of discretionary review, meaning it does not have to hear a case if it so chooses. The one…

leads to a larger number of wrongful convictions in the supreme court justice. Inadequate defense lead to wrongful convictions which must be addressed by improving our court system laws and proper investigation. Inadequate defense is a major issue in the United States, which is caused by assuming that the victims are right about their attackers. The lawyers are not doing enough investigation, which is a major cause of the inadequate defenses. Courts arrest people due to past convictions…

A Legal and Ethical Analysis of the Appointment of Supreme Court Justices in the Constitution Act of 1867 The legal and ethical issues regarding the appointment of Supreme Court Justices will be examined within the context of the Constitution Act of 1867. The issue of Judicature (Section VII) in the Constitution defines the role of the governor General in the appointment of Supreme Court Justices under the guidance of the Queen’s government. In recent times, the Prime minister can provide…

1. Summarize the relevant facts of the case. Mario Echazabal began working in oil refineries for a Chevron contractor (Irwin Industries, Inc.) in 1972. He worked through various maintenance contractor as a laborer, helper, and pipefitter in a “coker unit”, which is a plant that burns a type of coal to make gasoline. Mario wanted to work directly for Chevron therefore he applied for a similar job in the coker unit in 1992. Chevron offered Mario the job on the condition that he pass a medical…

Aquifer Authority V. Day and McDaniel is an encouraging step in Texan property owners’ just fight for more control over their underground water. Sources Johnson, R., & Ellis, G. (2013). Commentary: A New Day? Two Interpretations of the Texas Supreme Court’s Ruling in Edwards Aquifer Authority v. Day and McDaniel. Texas Water Journal, 4(1), 35-54. Retrieved from https://journals.tdl.org/twj/index.php/twj/article/view/6990 This article, by Russel S. Johnson and Gregory M. Ellis, focuses on…

if there is no more evidence for to prove that the accused is guilty then they will be able to walk free and that impacts society very negatively. The person convicted of the crime may do it again and take the life of an innocent person because the court had no evidence. But if there is more evidence, like shown in the Feeney case then the accused will suffer…

injustices and abuses against Aboriginal people. However, there is still a long way to go in reconciling with Aboriginal people. This is evident in the recent the Grassy Narrows First Nation v. Ontario [2014] 2 S.C.R case as the verdict made by the Supreme Court…

The recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in the United States can be a quite confusing and complex matter. To begin with, every judgment not from the state in which enforcement is sought, is considered a “foreign judgment” regardless of whether the judgment is from another state within the United States or a foreign country. Luckily for foreign judgments from sister states, the Full Faith and Credit Clause of Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution applies.…

Criminal procedure is the process of adjudication in law. Adjudication is the process by which a judge or jury reviews the evidence presented in a case to determine the verdict (Oleson, 2014). There are three types of variation when it comes to adjudication: heavy reliance on professional judges, mixed reliance, and heavy reliance on laypeople (Reichel, 2013). These variations basically summarize how the ultimate case decision is made. Under high reliance on professional judges, the judge is the…