... the people." (Iowa State Bar: Position Papers) In light of the Supreme Court's in Sparf, the FIJA is determined to advise all Americans of their rights. In fact the FIJA views jury nullification not only as a right, but also as a duty of the jury. They understand that in order to maintain a true democracy the legislature, which represents the will of the ... Jury Bill. In short it stated that: An accused or aggrieved party's right to trial by jury, in all instances where the government or any of its agencies is an opposing party, includes the right to inform the jurors of their power to...

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... party of the day and on the other side of the fence was the Whig party essentially opposite of Jackson. Different parties, especially in the two party system usually take opposing views on many issues, although in order to not alienate voters each side must straddle certain issues in the case of the Jacksonian Democrats and the Whig party the two issues ... them, media began becoming very involved with politics either from a neutral standpoint but many with opinion this is where we start seeing media have a larger influence on the publics political views. We see all of this having a pre...

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