Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination

limited jurisdiction. This would consist of local, municipal, and Justice Courts. These courts tend to handle local matters and municipal violations. Municipal courts also handle a lot of misdemeanor violations of state law that took place within their jurisdiction. Justice Courts oversee a broad range of civil cases as well as hold preliminary hearings for many felony cases. Level 2 is the Superior Court. The Superior Court is able to oversee most cases within Arizona. Felonies, large lawsuits,…

Rhetorical Analysis I will be analyzing, "The Supreme Court Says Again: Juveniles Are Different”, a 7 paragraph article written by the Editorial Board and published to the New York Times on January 25, 2016. In discussions of The Supreme Court’s repeated ruling over the last decade, it has become a controversial issue that it is morally and constitutionally wrong to equate offenses committed by emotionally undeveloped adolescents with crimes carried out by adults. While some argue that no…

We walk through the hallways at school and streets on the block everyday, constantly discriminating against the decisions of those around us. We view traits such as, what someone chose to wear today or how organized someone is and we hold them to it, without full understanding as to why a person may have done this. Within the excerpts: "What of This Goldfish Do You Wish" written by Etgar Keret (Page 3-8), "Texas v. Johnson Majority Opinion" written by William J. Brennan (Page 15-17), and…

case, Donald Marshall, was a Mi’Kmaq Indian who was charged with three offences found in the federal fishery regulations: Fishing without a license, selling eels without a license, and fishing during the close season. In the first decision, the Supreme Court of Canada held that Donald Marshalls practice of catching and selling eels was valid and legal, so found under the 1760 and 1761 treaties between the Mi’kmaq and Britain. Known specifically as the Burying the Hatchet ceremony, it was one of…

INTRODUCTION This essay examines the Australian court hierarchy, and the extension power the High Court attains as it has the ability too overturn decisions made by the Supreme Court. As it is the final court of appeal therefore reintegrates the point that the power of appointment is held within the body of the High Court. As the Australian Federal system consists of national court and a court system for each individual state and the two territories. It will highlight the power comparison…

non-partisan judges to both the Supreme and Appellate Courts. This system allows justices and judges to stand unopposed for a retention vote in the general election. An approval vote starts a new ten-year term for the incumbent judge or justice. A rejection makes the office vacant for appointment. Judges in the lower levels are still chosen by election. With a few exceptions, most candidates for the trial courts compete in partisan primary elections. The trial courts are made up of the…

Final Exam Question 1. Analyze a landmark court rulings explain how this case changed police practices to stay compliant with the law. In 1974, two members of the Memphis Police Department were responding to burglary in progress call; the neighbor reported that she heard glass breaking as someone broke into the home next door (Blume, 1984). Upon investigation, one of the officers witnessed someone fleeing from the back of the house, he spotted the suspect crouching beside a fence thirty to…

wetlands were considered adjacent to a navigable waterway, which makes them covered by the CWA, (a regulation issued by the Army Corps of Engineers). In response to the suits filed against him by the government, Rapanos argued before the District Court that the wetlands on his property are not included under the jurisdiction of the CWA. Rapanos insisted that these wetlands were not considered WOTUS because they were not…

On the above date I was conducting a business check of Walmart. While conducting the business check, I was alerted by Walmart LP Officer, Marion Edwards, that a White male subject was opening packages and concealing items. I proceeded into the vestibule, located next to the grocery entrance, where I made contact with the male subject, later identified as Clifford William Tyler Morris. Edwards, along with several Walmart managers positively identified the subject as the person who was opening…

constructed (the pathologists’ statements). There is no doubt that not enough evidence was given to convict Clayton. Going back to my point, other cases appear to be handled very well. It seems that the quality of the Canadian Legal System varies on a court-to-court basis, and I believe that is something that should be fixed. Secondly, I don’t ever believe that spending as long a time in jail as Clayton did can be compensated with money. While he may have been paid a substantial amount of money,…