Congress really did not want the courts 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. ... They would be liable for hearing issues of greatest contention between the Federalists and anti-Federalists, such as large debts over five hundred dollars. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Much of the Court Challenges Program has heard hearings based on language rights and education rights, both receiving an adequate amount of financial support because of the Government's prioritization of linguistic rights over other minority groups' rights. ... The second argument described the cancellation as a disadvantage; certain groups do not have any access to the necessary funding they need to proceed to litigation at all, and keeping in mind they are already minorities, their positions in the community, workplace and academia were almost fruitless because the money they neede...

• Word Count: 2314
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While on the other side you have liberals who are fighting for the equal treatment of the gay community which is clearly supported by the 10th and 14th amendment in the United States Constitution. ... It is time for there to be a change to politics and mainstream society, governments must look now at "the people " especially the homosexual community as outsiders. ... It is said that if gay marriage is allowed then there will be turmoil in the religious community, and is unbiblical and should not be endorsed. ... The court remanded (also known as incarcerated) the case to the trial court for a...

• Word Count: 2327
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Wetlands are lands where water saturation is the major factor determining the nature of soil development and plant and animal communities. ... The Senate Committee on Environmental Resources held a hearing on Senate Bill 37, relating to wetlands. ...

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This ruling marked the most important victory for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transvestite (LGBT) community in the United States' history. ... In preliminary hearings, the cases were consolidated form six cases to four, one for each state. ... First, they asked if denying the LGBT community the right to marry or the refusal to recognize an existing marriage violated the Fourteenth Amendment's due process and equal protection guarantees. ...

• Word Count: 1936
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

His mother, Galdys McLeod, focused on her family and community. ... In his confirmation hearings for the Federal appeals court in 1975 Kennedy characterized his law practice as "widely diversified," including "people with individual legal problems, divorce, minor criminal, probate matters, my acquaintances from my many years in Sacramento" and "some very major companies." ...

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• Grade Level: High School