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can bring different opinions on the case and then form a decision, than one judge with only one opinion. This aspect has been brought to the attention of the Supreme Court many times. In one case, McKeiver versus Pennsylvania, two juveniles were denied juries in their juvenile court cases. This ruling was brought to the Supreme Court in 1970 to be judged if it broke the Sixth Amendment. The Justices ruled that the entirety of the Sixth Amendment does not apply to juvenile cases because they…

The first amendment of the US Constitution conveys that congress is prohibited from creating a law that restricts the freedom of speech, religion, press, or the right to petition. According to history.com, “The US Constitution established America’s national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens”. Though, it is still in the US Constitution today, its become more insignificant when laws are being regulated or put into place. Claire Mullally found…

Society without laws would be absolutely chaos. Everyone would run wild with no control from anyone. This is where the Legislative Branch of the United States government comes in. The power to make laws is given to the congress, which also represents the legislative branch of government. There are a few ways that the legislative branch checks on the other two branches of government. The best example of this is how the legislative branch has the power and authority to investigate national…

The Three Branches of Government In the United States, our democratic system of government consists of three branches: the Judicial branch, Legislative branch, and the Executive branch. Each branch is responsible for a specific section of government and are meant to work for the betterment and protection of the citizens they represent. The Judicial branch is responsible for ruling if cases are constitutional or unconstitutional and is the head of the U.S. justice system. States are represented…

bedrock principle that we are all created equal” (Korte). This was said by Obama after the Supreme Court ruled that states cannot ban same-sex marriage. This statement proves that America was built based on a constitution that characterized everybody as equal with no man better than another. This rejects discrimination against any person based on their religion, race, or other things such as sexuality. The United States has fought to protect the rights of those who have been discriminated…

The plight of the African American has been exceptionally brutal and generationally consequential in the United States. Africans Americans were brought over to this country by force as slaves and remained enslaved for centuries and after they achieved freedom in 1865 they continually struggled through the Reconstruction period and even beyond the Civil Right period with a system of written and unwritten laws in America that kept them oppressed and made it nearly impossible to control their…

In past 30 years Canadian courts are struggling with the Charter’s emphasis under section 11(b) that “any person charged with an offence has the right to be tried within a reasonable time”. There has been still not any clarity what is “reasonable time” despite courts has described some factors to determine it. The most important case with reference to reasonableness was R v Askov (1990), where the Supreme Court held (9-0) that accused rights have been violated under section 11 (b) of the Charter…

different time period then now, issues of the moral and basic human rights come to play when discussing the idea of polygamy. This paper will describe and examine the legal aspects of polygamy in the United States today and the conflict of religious freedom with limitation of polygamy. Polygamy in the United States is illegal and is an ongoing controversial…

Should the Supreme Court allot equal adoption rights across the border in all 50 states for gay and lesbian couples to file legally as joint parents similar to heterosexual parents? Petitioners of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, and Transgender (LGBQT) community repeatedly fight for equality but remain to be a silent voice in the court system. Legally, same-sex couples are issued the right to get married and file as husband and wife in a civil union. Concerns that are targeted on religious…

understand the selection process when a state uses election. Positives of Election There are many benefits to election. A few of the positives to using the election method to select judges are: a federal system is maintained, it helps our country be united by requiring the nominee to be favored by the majority and there are statistics to back up this method. First, maintaining a federal…