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and entering a private facility. When it came time for trial, he went to court without an attorney because he couldn’t afford one, he was too poor. However, he asked the judge to appoint him counsel but the trial judge denied the request because under Florida Law, it was solely permitted to appoint counsel to defendants who were poor that were charged capital offenses. Gideon ended up having to represent himself in the court and though speaking to the jury and making statements arguing that he…

come from a challenge in the Supreme Court that is in opposition of the legality of the state of Colorado’s legalization of recreational marijuana. The constitutionality of Congress being able to regulate recreational marijuana under the Controlled Substance Act of 1970, as well as the use of the Commerce Clause, is something that the court system needs to intensely scrutinize. Looking back at the precedents that have been set throughout the history of the Supreme Court, such as “Wickard V.…

I think the Constitution should be flexible and that the United States Supreme Court should have the power to change laws that no longer reflect societal norms and that are deemed unconstitutional. The flexibility in the constitution allows the government to adapt to changing needs of the society in the future. Many people like James Madison believe that the Constitution should not be altered or fixed but rather followed the same way it was written. On the other hand, many Americans like Thomas…

2). The Supreme Court uses the powers given to it by the constitution to make final judgements proceeding to bringing equal justice and freedom into practice. The 1st amendment guarantees freedom of religion, expression, assembly and the right to petition. On the other hand the 14th amendment was to make sure that all people born in the U.S. were citizens and were to be given the full and equal benefits of the laws . As analyzed in Dynamic Constitution, the reality of the Supreme Court is that…

Although the Judicial branch is the last branch of government, it is by no means less important than the other two branches of government. This branch is composed of the Supreme Court and the lower federal court system and is in charge of interpreting the law. In the third article of the Constitution, all courts in the Judicial branch have the power to decipher the law, have a Chief Justice who is in charge of making the hard decisions over trials that deal with presidential impeachment, and…

protection and excessive weapons used or owned by everyday people. What our the regulations for weapons that everyday people own an operate, and why do we have these, well this is all explained in the supreme court case Miller v United States. 1939 March 30, Miller v United States was debated in the U.S court system.Miller v United States was the case where the second Amendment was interpreted by the United States…

Some people believe that we only have one court system when it is not nearly the case, in reality, there are fifty state court systems and the federal court system. In this short paper, we will discuss the roles and structures of the federal and state court system. Even though the federal and state courts have a huge amount of similarities there are also quite different in more ways than one. After the court structure, I will discuss the roles of court actors which include the judge, prosecutor…

admission of guilt without the right to an appeal in exchange for leniency. However, a plea bargain may induce prosecutors to over-charge a suspect in an attempt to bully them into gaining a plea bargain. Plea bargains are also not conducted in open court so there is a lack of transparency that occurs (Carp, Stidham, Manning, & Holmes, 2017, p. 226). Judicial Restraint is a stricter interpretation of the law based upon its constitutional merits, legislative merits or legal precedent. One…

Although the power of judicial review is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, the Supreme Court had acquired it through landmark cases and the founding fathers original intent. The landmark case that gave them the power of judicial review is the case Marbury v. Madison. In this case, President John Adams appointed William Marbury to be a justice of the peace along with forty-one others days before his presidency expired. The commissions were not sent out before the end of his presidency…

Furthermore there are other methods to measure the success of a constitution such as the separation of powers. In the UK the constitutional reform act certainly tried to implement a separation of powers. The Supreme Court in the UK took over the existing role of the Law Lords as well as some powers of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and removed the functions of Speaker of the House of Lords and Head of the Judiciary of England and Wales from the office of Lord Chancellor which…