Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination

enacted a Human Rights Law authorizing a private cause of judicial action for victims of employment discrimination. In this case, Ms. Thoreson, a former model for Penthouse magazine was awarded more than $4 million in punitive damages in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, New York for sexual harassment that was inflicted on her by, Robert Guccione, a former lover as well as the magazine’s…

Biography Sonia Sotomayor was appointed a Supreme Court justice in 2009 and became the first woman of Latin origin at the highest level of judicial hierarchy in the United States. Sonia Sotomayor was born in Bronx, New York, on June 25, 1954. Her parents were both born in Puerto Rico but moved to New York during World War II (Biography 2016). In Bronx, Sonia was raised in poor catholic Puerto Rican community and was speaking mostly Spanish (Lewis 2016). At age seven, she was diagnosed with…

Roberts The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behavior, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office. The modern Supreme court is As envisioned in Article 3 of the constitution by the…

apparent he in fact disagreed with the precedent set in Borwn v. Board of Education. As an associate Justice he began as states’ rights advocate, which often not only placed Rehnquist not only in the minority, but as a lone dissenter. As time wore on the Court began to become more ideologically centered on the right. It was around this time that Associate Justice Rehnquist became Chief Justice Rehnquist. It was in this role he was able to show his managerial acumen drawing praise from all sides…

Romer v. Evans is a case brought to the Supreme Court by Richard G. Evans (Respondent), a gay employee of the mayor of Denver against then Governor Roy Romers, The Attorney General of Colorado, and the State of Colorado (Petitioner). The case was centered around an amendment to the state constitution that prohibited “the state of Colorado… at any level of state or local government from adopting or enforcing any law or policy which provides that homosexual, lesbian, or bisexual orientation,…

aforementioned individuals place of work. The elegance and sheer equitability of the solution is remarkable; it allows for all parties involved to have an outcome that is at least partially satisfactory with out infringing on personal liberties. The court justifiably applied the already included provision of the ACA, to for-profit institutions. The alternatives being either, create a situation where employees do not have access to subsidized contraceptives, or individuals are forced to subsidize…

Convention, Johnson decided upon a form of political protest that would shock the nation. By burning an American flag given to him during the protest, Johnson landed his case up to the Supreme Court. He was first convicted by the Texas courts for desecration of a venerated object. It was later brought to the Supreme Court of the United States as to whether burning the American flag is an offense at all. Protected under the First Amendment as it is seen as “symbolic speech,” it is…

Assignment Two: State Court Survey In Arizona, the majority of cities and towns have a municipal court which is sometimes also called city or magistrate court. This court hears misdemeanor and petty offense violations within their town or city. City or town magistrates preside over some criminal and civil traffic cases. Criminal traffic cases with no serious injuries and civil traffic cases that involve violations of city ordinances. They have the ability to issue Orders of Protection and…

everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays but the same rules. That is a very big issue for me. 13: Voting for the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas: Julia Malloy-Good and Allison Bell Royer. I would vote for Julia Malloy-Good. I read as her background that she has been involved in Family court issues for 31 years and also has been the only person voted as “Qualified” by the Chester County Bar Association. I feel that her experience might tie well into…

room. Dietrich went to the high court arguing that his rights have been infringed when being trialled for the drug related offences. The right to have a fair trial was infringed by the county court due to Dietrich not having any legal representation, or any legal aid while he was trialled…