Judiciary

first established under the Articles of Confederation, but when the United States Constitution was ratified in 1788, Congress had the authority to create the federal judicial system. The Judiciary Act of 1789 created the federal law of the United States. This act established the Supreme Court as having judiciary power. Judicial review is when the actions of the legislature and executive branches of government are subject to review and can be invalidated by the judicial branch. It allows the…

Leaders direct shared effort. Everyone shares in the successes and failures. Reference WWII, Roosevelt said, “We are now in this war. We are all in it-all the way. Every single man, woman and child is a partner in the most tremendous undertaking of our American History” (p 188). To inspire a vision, others must believe what you say and ultimately, Roosevelt had to build his credibility to deliver the truth effectively. How do you maintain credibility? One is by keeping any promises you make…

Podcast Assignment 6: “FDR’s Losing Battle To Pack The Supreme Court”. Podcast Assignment 6 is about the interview to historian Jeff Shesol –author of several books and former speechwriter for President Bill Clinton– about his book: Supreme Power: Franklyn Roosevelt Vs. The Supreme Court. This book is a narrative of President Roosevelt’s idea for packing the United States Supreme Court and the events that originated this idea; the strategy he used to achieve his plan; the reaction of his…

wielded by Justices appointed for life. In response to this Hamilton argued as to why lifetime tenure was, “an indispensable ingredient in,” the efficacy of the Judiciary. According to Hamilton the Judiciary was, “the weakest of the three departments of power,” Hamilton argues this using a few main facts about the type of power the Judiciary is granted by the Constitution.…

compunctions of the judiciary have higher capacitates of responsiveness to experiences and needs of different legal system subjects. On the other hand, such a judiciary appears reflective of various cultures and backgrounds…

responsibilities to the Judiciary branch. It also gave the Judiciary branch the responsibility of upholding the Constitution, and the right to see that no written law was in conflict or against the Constitution. Another reason I believe it is epochal is because it also showed the power of checks and balances, neither the president nor congress had more power because the Judiciary branch made sure the power was equal, and legal. The case ruling established the power of the Judiciary branch, it…

separation of powers. Our main concern for this discussion is the judiciary which falls under Article 121 of the Federal Constitution. It is the body whose duty is to ensure all is and was done according to the law. The separation of powers is a fundamental guarantee of the independence of the judiciary. The principle of independence judiciary is widely known and acknowledged as…

power because of parliamentary sovereignty. This severely weakens the judiciary 's power to control the executive. However, in practical terms, the judiciary does have some power to control the executive and Parliament. The judiciary can, to some extent, control the executive and the legislature because of the rule of law, the rights and liberties of citizens and judicial review. However, despite these few powers, the judiciary can ultimately only control the power of the executive and the…

The Charter of rights gives the judiciary power to decide on constitutional issues like the legalization of same sex marriages, prostitution and physician assisted suicide. The parliament rarely interferes in the decisions taken by the courts, whether they agree the way the courts decide the issue or not. In my opinion the parliament should take an active role in settling these controversies and giving guidance to the country because the parliament is a group of elected representatives,…

highlight ‘the judicial approach to the scheme of the HRA particularly the interpretation and application of the interpretive obligation laid down in s 3 and the power to declare legislation incompatible under s4 as well as the construction by the judiciary of a principle of deference’…