Judicial review

laws, including election laws, it is our settled practice to accept the opinions of the highest courts of the States as providing the final answers. On rare occasions, however, either federal statutes or the Federal Constitution may require federal judicial intervention in state elections. This is not such an occasion. . . . Even assuming that aspects of the remedial scheme might ultimately be found to violate the Equal Protection Clause, I could not subscribe to the majority's disposition of…

Senate. Madison states that it is the strongest branch because it comes from the people. They are in charge of making and passing laws, handling the budget, and approving treaties. The third and final branch is the Judicial Branch which is headed by the Supreme Court. They also review laws, and decide in cases that involve states’ rights.…

pass. The Executive Branch also has the power and control to call any important or special Congress meetings. The Executive Branch can suggest any legislation and can attract people about legislation and other things. With matters concerning the Judicial Branch of government, the Executive Branch, and mainly the President, has the power to hand pick any Supreme Court Judges or any other judges in the federal government. As the Head of State, the President has many…

In course with Mauritius’ independence from Britain, the Chagos Archipelago (ceded to Britain by France) was made into a separate territory, the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), for it to be depopulated . Additionally, the principal island Diego Garcia was to be leased to the United States as a military base . This was accomplished through the use of prerogative powers. The BIOT Order 1965 allowed the BIOT Commissioner to make laws for the territory’s peace, order and good government…

From the process of creating The Declaration Independence to today’s politics, there have always been conflicts and compromises. This is exactly what happened in the creation process of the Constitution. Both Federalist and Anti-Federalist had to make compromises to make the Constitution and today’s politics possible. In order to understand the compromises made in the Constitution by both sides. We must know why we needed a new constitution. It all started with The United States first form of…

affair with the young Abigail Williams is revealed and he is put to death. Despite his accusations towards Abigail and the other young ladies who are leading the witch hunt, nobody seems concerned. In an article for the Centre Daily Times giving a review of the play, a reporter tells the inspiration behind Miller’s ideas, “The play was originally written as a direct criticism of McCarthyism, the practice of making accusations without proper regard for evidence. Therefore, the main idea of the…

James Madison took these concerns, and addressed them in Federalist 10. He argued that a large republic wouldn’t limit liberty or promote tyranny, and that the people would be fully represented. Madison’s first argument was that it was nearly impossible for the government to become a superpower. The Constitution had built in “fail-safes” for the government, and it was difficult to gain enough power to be despotic. One of those fail-safes was the principle of limited government. Limited…

The Roots of Limited Government The United States of America is governed by limited powers. It works through a written document named the Constitution. The Constitution tells what the government can and what it can’t do. This helps with certain situations that occur in our country and has for many years. The Constitution is an important document that is to have power and a reason. The people who put the Constitution into action are the workers of the Supreme Court. The Bill of Rights subjoin to…

You will never know until it happens to you. Cyberbully has unarguably proven to have put the teens in disagreeable psychological traumatic situations. According to Houston Law Review “cyberbully can be the direct cause of depression, social disorder, scarring psychological disorders, and ultimately suicide”. The traumatizing effects of cyberbully tend to alienate some of her victims from the social world increasing the risk of…

To keep the country equal Maine was created and was a non-slave state. This was proposed by Henry Clay. What principle was established by the decisions of Marshall’s Court? Marshall’s court really established the powers that the Judicial branch had including Judicial Review (from the case of marbury v. madison). This could make a law passed by congress ineffective because it conflicted with the interest of the Constitution. What did the Monroe Doctrine state? Why was it proclaimed? It…