... same court that ruled "Under God" unconstitutional in the Pledge of Allegiance which proves they already have one-sided Liberal views. "How can you tell a judge is a liberal? It's not that hard. Liberal judges believe in a generous or expansive interpretation of the Bill of Rights. We believe that the meaning ... rigid code, that would be kept from, all future generations, but is not for keeping a right, which the Founding Fathers gave to the people. What Judge Reinhardt is trying to keep from all future generations, is exactly what he's giving to the future generations. What he wants fo...

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... accused September 11th conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui. He tried to plea guilty today to new federal charges that could bring the death penalty. But the federal judge refused to accept it. She told him think about it for a week. Moussaoui is the only person who is charged in the September 11th attack ... in the courtroom, along all the other actions, Mr. Moussaoui has taken recent weeks, are proof that he should not permitted to defend himself. The judge said she will reconsider her decision to allow him to represent himself. Even though he has a constitutional right to plea death penalty...

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... loans. This was the grounds for the Marbury vs. Madison case. In 1803 the case between Marbury and Madison was brought to court. The judge John Marshall heard both sides of the story and how Madison was due his pay from Marbury and Thomas Jefferson. Madison used the writ of mandamus ... to prove his case, his analysis of the writ and of the situation were excellent but the judge ruled in favor of Jefferson and Marbury. The stated the constitution said the Madison should receive his pay but that his decision was for the defendants ... in favor of the slave owners again proving that the co...

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... signed it. The four ministers argued in their defense that they had no knowledge that their name was being used for the advertisement. The judge told the jury that the "challenged the statements in the ad were libelous per se.- This meant that the charged already presumed the statements ... value is a great injustice to the readers and the public. It may not damage a person's reputation but it can damage the opinion of citizens. Judge Black's also mention the half-million dollars awarded to Sullivan in the state trail. He says that a state doesn't have the right to exercise such ... di...

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... something else also, isn't an American at all. We have ro om but for on language here and that is the English language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans, of American nationality; we have room for but one soul loyalty, and that is loyalty to the American people." Ro l ed the United States ... ...

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... commanding that the person named by taken into custody. 2. Without a warrant but with "probable cause" Obtaining a Warrant • Obtained by filing a complaint before a judge of magistrate • Generally a police officer but may be a victim or witness • The requestor must describe and swear to the facts and circumstances of the ... alleged crime. • If, on the basis of the information provided, the judge finds probable cause to believe that a crime has been committed and the accused committed said crime, then a warrant will be issued. No time for ... warrant requires the police officer ...

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... the judiciary branch is independent from the other branches because regular appointments would allow the executive may appoint judges who share similar views. This would take away from the judge's power to "merely judge " (Federalist 78) because they will be biased in their rulings. Montesquieu explained this phenomenon clearly by stating, "there is no liberty, if the judiciary power be not separated ... legislative and executive. Were it joined with the legislative, the life and liberty of the subject would be exposed to arbitrary control; for the judge would be then the legislator. We...

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... of the Fourth Amendment, many years existed in which state and federal governments admitted evidence obtained through "unreasonable" search and seizures in criminal trials. The only criteria used by the judge were whether the evidence was incriminating and if it would assist in convicting the defendant. Through the years, the Supreme Court interpretation of the Fourth Amendment has changed due to ... override your privacy concerns and conduct a search of your home, car, business etc., if the police have probable cause to believe they can find evidence that you committed a crime, and a jud...

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... molestation can be relived by having to visibly see the accused again. For example in the case of Craig vs. Maryland, closed circuit T.V was allowed in the courtroom for, "the judge determined that testimony by the child in the courtroom would result in the child's suffering serious emotional distress such that the child could not reasonably communicate." The witness, prosecutor and ... defense counsel went to another room where the witness gave testimony, while the judge, jury and accused remained in the courtroom, while a video monitor recorded and displayed the witness' testimony to ...

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... and what is legal, you are letting them overstep thier powers as stated in the Constitution. They do not believe that they should be allowed to judge thier own laws on thier legality. A court of activist would be more steadfast in asserting thier own interpretation of the Constitution, even at the ... civil rights movement. While the advertisement did not mention him by name, it was implied because he was in charge of the police. The trial Judge told the jury of the case that the statements were "libel per se" , and that such damages could be awarded against petitioners if the statement...

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... to have too much power over local communities, so it determined that federal courts would serve primarily as appeals courts for cases already tried in state courts. In other words, a judge in a local community, appealed to a state court, and finally appealed to the federal courts only if necessary, would first hear most cases. The three Circuit Courts, which were also trial ... debts over five hundred dollars. As well as, disputes between citizens of different states and major criminal trials. The Circuit Courts would each seat two Supreme Court justices and a District judge to ensure o...

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... Reform Bill in February 1996. After President Clinton signed the bill the ACLU filed a suit claiming it violated their First and Fifth Amendment rights. Eight days later US District Court Judge Ronald Buckwalter issues an order temporarily blocking the CDA and ruled that the CDA was unconstitutionally over broad and vague. In June 1996 a panel declares the CDA unconstitutional, the Department ... and other groups immediately filed a federal court complaint challenging the law. A temporary restraining order was granted enjoining enforcement of the law by a federal court. On February 1, 1...

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... Reform Bill in February 1996. After President Clinton signed the bill the ACLU filed a suit claiming it violated their First and Fifth Amendment rights. Eight days later US District Court Judge Ronald Buckwalter issues an order temporarily blocking the CDA and ruled that the CDA was unconstitutionally over broad and vague. In June 1996 a panel declares the CDA unconstitutional; the Department ... and other groups immediately filed a federal court complaint challenging the law. A temporary restraining order was granted enjoining enforcement of the law by a federal court. On February 1, 1...

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... legislature and the judiciary In United States of America, there is a written Constitution, that means there is a fundamental ground, which the judge can evaluate whether the bills and laws have complication with the Constitution, if it do, then the judge has the power to stop bills and laws. By this way the judiciary can balance the power of the legislature In New ... by the President, but the President has not power to appoint the Supreme Court justices. In New Zealand, because the legislature may dismiss the member of the judiciary. District court judge and below hold their warrant "...

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... on a person who may be "relevant" in the search for terrorists, which includes individuals of Middle Eastern descent (Wolfe). In addition, the judge has no choice but to permit the search warrant. Law enforcement can also request nationwide warrants or blank warrants. The judge must issue nationwide warrants, even if though they do not have jurisdiction over the entire nation. Also, the ... judge may issue a blank warrant, which allows the law enforcement agent to fill in the "place to be searched." This is a direct violation of ... ...

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... of england has appointed groups of men called juries for each district. A grand jury consisted of twenty-five or more men who submitted the names of suspected criminals to the judge. Later the petit jury of twelve disputes over land. The feudal procedures of ordeal and combat still tried criminal cases . In time though, petit juries decided criminal cases too. Soon ... replaced feudal law. Once trial by jury was established in England, AMerica's founding fathers knew this to be a fair and more impratial system of justice, as opposed to simply having a judge. The Revolutionary War was fo...

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... nearly unlimited resources of the government and prevent emotional/mental/physical trauma from repeated trails. This trauma can unfortunately be reinforced by the jury, a group of peers sent solely to judge you. This is a major criticism of the dual court system as the jury, peers and everyday citizens that carry their own biases and agendas, directly affect the way a trial may ... be ruled. These juries can nullify a ruling made by the judge and lead to issues with convictions and sentencing. These biases can lead to certain demographics and races receiving different treatment for simi...

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... did for the nation. After he passed away, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference helped for Congress to come up with the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Act. It consisted of having a judge, before wiretapping, to verify that any special case being investigated like this, met the requirements in order to conduct the surveillance. This Act worked really well for a few decades, but ... is broken is "The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from unreasonable search and seizure. The government may not conduct any searches without a warrant, and such warrants must be issued by a jud...

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... his presidency. These judges were Federalist judges, so in order to keep everything fair the Jeffersonian Republicans wanted to repeal the Judiciary Act of 1801. William Marbury had been promised a judge position by Adams, but James Madison who was Secretary of State at the time would not give him the position. Marbury sued Madison in response in order to receive his ... commissions. Unfortunately, Marbury lost because Judge John Marshall declared the Judiciary Act of 1789, which allowed the Supreme Court to give commissions, unconstitutional and not in the power of the Supreme Court. T...

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... review. The decision for the appeals was that there was no search warrant. You need a search warrant to search someone's property or trash. The warrant is issued out by the judge and without the warrant all cases will be dismissed from the court. Even if you committed a murder and the evidence showed you killed but there was no search warrant the ... was a suspicious activity going on and the police was called in. They did the search and found items pertaining to drugs and narcotics. The police would have to go to a judge and get a search warrant for the property which included the tras...

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... attorney for the NAACP, is sent to help the people of Clarendon County. Because the teacher gets an extraordinary amount of signatures on a petition, this case is taken to a three judge State Supreme Court. Marshall argues that segregation has a corrupt effect on the minds of black children so an NAACP psychologist was called in to conduct this research and he confirms ... this point. However, the junction to abolish segregation is denied two to one in a three-judge panel. On December 9, 1952, the case of Harry Briggs Jr. verses Members of the Trustees of School District 22, Clarendon C...

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... fourth amendment is about search and seizures. This is when a law enforcement illegally searches a person or a vehicle or house. Law enforcement officers are supposes to have a search warrant written from a judge. In order to get the search warrant the officers will need probable cause. In some cases officers will conduct illegal searches and seizures. These types of searches are not authorized ... quite greatly. The seventh amendment discusses the right to have a trial by jury. This will allow for fellow peers to listen to all the evidence and make a finding instead of a judge. I think...

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... fourth amendment is about search and seizures. This is when a law enforcement illegally searches a person or a vehicle or house. Law enforcement officers are supposes to have a search warrant written from a judge. In order to get the search warrant the officers will need probable cause. In some cases officers will conduct illegal searches and seizures. These types of searches are not authorized ... quite greatly. The seventh amendment discusses the right to have a trial by jury. This will allow for fellow peers to listen to all the evidence and make a finding instead of a judge. I think...

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... goes about his work as a mechanic and looks for law books in the prison library. His hand-written appeal to the Supreme Court for having been refused legal counsel by a judge who was following Florida law at the time is read and the court decides to hear the case and consider giving him legal counsel. The person that represented Gideon in ... jeopardy" to try him again. I guess that this shows that his self-education in the law remained non appropriate even if his petition was granted by the highest court. The judge from his earlier trial lets him have the lawyer that he wants, a very s...

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... him die by a self-administered lethal injection without fear of prosecution(http://www.rights.org/ deathnet/open.html). On January 31, 1997, a Judge ruled that Charles Hall could take his own life with the aid of a doctor. Senior Judge S. Joseph Davis, brought in from Seminole County, found that Florida's strict privacy law and the equal protection clause in the U.S. Constitution entitled Hall ... ...

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