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    Nature’s Judicial Process in the Supreme Court consists of decision-making; based on the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Although the Supreme Court has the capability to decide all extended cases; it also has the power to ascend under the Constitution‚ which allows the Supreme Court its jurisdiction in the Judicial Branch of government. The Judicial Process interpret the laws that are established in the Supreme Court; thus‚ allowing the Court to exercise its power by shifting its system under

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    Montrel Tennessee Supreme Court Paper 12/3/2012 “Drug Testing in Public Schools” I chose to analyze  the question “If public schools should drug test in order for students to be able to participate in extracurricular activities?” For this analyzation‚ I will refer to the Supreme Court cases of Board of Education V. Earls and Vernonia School District 47J V. Acton. Key legal issues that will be addressed in this essay are the power of public officials‚ privacy of the students‚constitutionality

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    Judicial review is unlike almost every other aspect of the American legal and legislative processes. It’s different for several reasons‚ but it is most unique in the sense that it was put into practice before it was put in to the books as law. It was instituted by Chief Justice John Marshall in 1803’s landmark case Marbury v. Madison. Judicial review has been around for over 200 years‚ and it still draws as much criticism today as it did the day it was instituted. John Marshall was Chief Justice

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    think that the Supreme Court can be considered undemocratic because once they are elected‚ they are there for good unless Congress votes 2/3 and the President approves then they can be removed from their power. I think they are elected for life because it would not be easy for Congress‚ the current President‚ and even the American people to sway their decisions. The Supreme Court is designed to rule only on the constitutionality of both federal and state laws‚ which is known as judicial review. They

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    Introduction Democracy is a form of government where people surrender some of their rights to a small elite body who are elected by people to rule over themselves. This elite body or the public representatives make law for the betterment of people. Once elected the public representatives remain all powerful till the end of the term by constitutional provision or otherwise because the constitution does not provide “call back” power to the people. The assumed principle is that these public representatives

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    Supreme Court Limitations

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    sought to evade an imbalance of power amongst the government. However‚ the judicial branch savors prominence due to the Constitution and the American people’s disposition towards surrendering their fate entirely to elected officials. As a result‚ the court‚ assumes the primary institution to interpret the law of the land. Yet technical‚ political‚ and institutional limitations have been established to restrict the power of the supreme court. Chief Justice Jay believed courts only retain the right to interpret

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    The Supreme Court Analysis

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    1. I think some of the work of the Supreme Court is constrained by institutional roles and procedures but the vast majority of work done by the Supreme Court is autonomous. One of the first examples of constraint by an institutional role and longstanding tradition in the book “A Wild Justice” is “In the early 1960s‚ the notion that executions were cruel and unusual punishment seemed fanciful. When the Founding Fathers drafted the Constitution‚ the death penalty was mandatory for most felonies and

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    points) What is the role of a judge in a jury trial?  The judge listens to both sides of the case to make a recommendation to the jury of what outcome to decide.  The judge makes sure the evidence is presented fairly and that the jurors understand the law and procedures.  The judge chooses who will serve on the jury and will consider the recommendation of the jury in a bench trial.  The judge selects what evidence may be shown at trial and what evidence will be reserved for the appeals court. Points

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    Supreme Court Models

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    1. Supreme Court justices have a serious job of determining if something is unconstitutional or not. As with any big decision‚ there is a precise manor in which the justices decide weather an act is unconstitutional. There are three models that’s the courts follow. The first is the legal model. The legal model states that the court can base their rulings off of the previous rulings of the lower courts. The positive of this model is that the Supreme Court justices have a good background on what went

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    Supreme Court Decisions Decisions of the United States Supreme Court have had a significant impact on the nation. Multiple cases that have been brought upon the Supreme Court have huge impacts on the nation. A lot of these cases have had such an impact on American society that they’ve left a permanent mark. Marbury v. Madison‚ a Supreme Court case in 1803 that is considered one of the first major cases is very important to the way our government is structured. Also Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896

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