The Supremes

In 1954, the Supreme Court shifts its support of protecting economic rights during the Lochner era, to a commitment to equality liberalism. Brown is a proper use of the Supreme Court’s power. Its four valid shortcomings reveal the support Brown had from other political actors. Brown’s support provides the court legitimacy for their ruling and provided an era for equality. This era of equality allowed the court and social movements to work in synergy. Firstly, the decision undermines the federal…

The Supreme Court Justices are tasked with making decisions that help shape society. Their court decisions provide rules and guidelines for future court cases by setting case precedent. Court rulings are based on interpretations of statutory laws that are created by legislative bodies like Congress or state government; however, when statutory laws are created, it is impossible to anticipate all situations or issues that may come about. When there is conflict, the court system is tasked with…

Citation Gardner; re BWV [2003] VSC 173 Jurisdiction Supreme Court of Victoria Single Judge: Morris J Procedural History First instance – Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) Present Case- Supreme Court of Victoria Facts BWV is critically ill and has a degenerating form of dementia which inhibits her cognitive functions. BWV obtains essential fluids and nutrition to keep her alive, through a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (“PEG”). The medical witnesses who…

A Legal and Ethical Analysis of the Appointment of Supreme Court Justices in the Constitution Act of 1867 The legal and ethical issues regarding the appointment of Supreme Court Justices will be examined within the context of the Constitution Act of 1867. The issue of Judicature (Section VII) in the Constitution defines the role of the governor General in the appointment of Supreme Court Justices under the guidance of the Queen’s government. In recent times, the Prime minister can provide…

In this relatively recent, landmark Supreme Court case, the Association for Molecular Pathology, various other medical professionals, and even a few patients petitioned together in order to sue Myriad Genetics for attempting to patent the specific genes known as BRCA1 and BRCA2. Christopher A. Hansen represented the plaintiffs of this case while Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General, from the Department of Justice in Washington D.C., argued on behalf of the respondent of the case…

March 2017 Each year the United States Supreme Court is requested to take on nearly seven-thousand court cases, but are only able to accept approximately eighty. This statistic is an evident indication of how important the Supreme Court truly is. As the head of the judicial branch, this major court not only makes the final decisions on high level cases, but also has to answer to those who oppose the decisions that they have agreed upon. Also because the Supreme Court is the highest court, it is…

ability and power. More importantly, they have a large impact on any decision the president makes and whether or not it’s constitutional or not. The role of the Supreme Court is to make sure the Government is following its constitution that we do not stray from what our forefathers put in place to make America a free country. The Supreme Court justices are all appointed for life to serve the constitution, justice and to keep the integrity of America in place. The court justices are hand selected…

The supreme court of Canada exists to provide an unbiased body ensuring that the laws of the land uphold the rights and freedoms of the Charter. Though the Supreme Court acts as a system of checks and balances on the executive power of Canada, at what point does the system of the court give the judiciary too great a level of power? When acknowledging the constitutions and legislature in which the Supreme Court justices gain and hold their power, s. 1 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and…

When justices on the bench of the United States Supreme Court make their respective decisions on a case, they are faced with two outcomes. The first is that they can decide to overturn a decision from a lower court, deem a federal law unconstitutional, or nullify other federal or state statute. When the Supreme Court changes previous statute or overturns a previous court decision, it is judicial activism. But when the Supreme Court decides to uphold precedent, upholding laws passed by Congress…

Supreme court justices are politicians. The most basic definition of a politician is, a person that achieves a position of policy making over an organized community. Judges, in theory, should be fair, unbiased, neutral, impartial and not based or linked to any political party or movement. However, decisions made by the Supreme Court judges have had huge political significance. While it’s not the standard in lower courts, the United States Supreme Court is forced to make political and judicial…