Supreme court

conviction on the basis of freedom of expression. The Supreme Court then ruled the illegally obtained evidence must be excluded…

The Supreme Court is commonly thought to be “above politics,” since they are there to just interpret the law and not argue politic, inevitably though, politics still manages to seep in. In fact the appointment of justices is, in reality, extremely political due to all the factors needed to be appointed. In order to be a justice three main characteristics are needed: ideology, ethnicity, and political experience. Each one has a profound impact in the appointment process. Interests groups are…

Supreme Court justices do have personal views. They are appointed through a political process. Observers naturally must ask how great a role their political views actually play. Some scholars argue that the justices’ political preferences play a large role, essentially dictating their decisions in many cases. They point to the fact that justices appointed by conservative presidents tend to vote in a conservative fashion and those appointed by liberal presidents vote the opposite way. The…

The Supreme Court is a vital piece of the United States’ government. From making court case decisions to checking the powers of the Judicial and Executive Branches, these justices are important in a way that not many others are. Their interpretation of the Constitution is considered the supreme law of the United States. Every action of the Supreme Court will have an everlasting impression on our country, so it is important that we, as U.S. citizens, are aware of the importance of our future…

Civil Rights “We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” —Martin Luther King, Jr. Three supreme court cases changed a lot of things: Dred Scott v. Sanford, Plessy v. Ferguson, and Shelley v. Kramer. The world become equal and everyone had freedom becuase of these three cases. Three Supreme Court cases make it possible for equality and freedom: Dred v. Sanford, Plessy v. Ferguson, and Shelley v. Kramer. Nguyen, Vi-An, et al. Marilyn vos Savant. Parade, 2…

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal judiciary. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justices, all of which are nominated by the President and confirmed with the "advice and consent" of the Senate. The Court meets in Washington, D.C. in the United States Supreme Court building. The Supreme Court is primarily an appellate court, but it has original jurisdiction over a small range of…

next week by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, property rights supporters held meetings across the state to inform people about the importance of property rights and royalties from mineral and gas companies. The state Supreme Court is scheduled to rehear Leggett v. EQT on Tuesday. In November, the court ruled in favor of landowners after EQT Corporation, a Pittsburgh-based petroleum and natural gas company, took deductions from royalty payments. The court ruled 3-2 with Chief…

The Supreme Court should be able to overturn unconstitutional laws that Congress has passed. There are many reasons to give the Supreme Court this power, first we need someone to enforce the fact that no law should violate the Constitution. Next, it helps balance the three branches of government, and lastly the Constitution puts judicial power into the Supreme Court and inferior courts. This power will stop substandard laws from getting passed, and will protect the structure of our government…

Since the Supreme Court's inception, there has been considerable debate on its proper role in government. This discourse includes disagreements over the proper role of courts in comparison to legislatures, as well as significant dispute on the degree of rigidity necessary when interpreting the language of the Constitution. From this discourse, two opposing schools of thought have formed: proponents of judicial activism and the implicit ideal of loose constructionism against proponents of…

The Supreme Court has always made decisions that have had lasting impacts on society. ¬A time period during which this was particularly true was the period between the years 1953 and 1969, when the Chief Justice of the court was Earl Warren. Under his influence, the court made a number of legal decisions that continue to hold significance in American society today. Such court cases include Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and Miranda v. Arizona (1966). The issue of segregation has long been a…