(Woll 410) The Supreme Court was founded to rule on the interpretation of the Constitution, and although it often sets legal precedent, it doesn't make laws like the President and Congress. ... (Woll 332) As the weakest authority of the branches of government, the Court is not able to take over, as was intended by the framers of the Constitution when developing the branches of government and imposing checks and balances. ... So, in a sense, the Judges are indirectly elected by us; to claim that they are unelected makes it seem as though anyone could serve, regardless of merit with th...

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Judicial Review, For the People, By the People Judicial review is a function of our government that is carried out by the judicial branch, namely, the Supreme Court. ... Thus, these judges have been chosen by the people, as all high ranking officials ought to be, in a democratic government. ... This also means that unlike the other branches of government which are rotated regularly, the justices see many terms come and go. ... Each of the three branches of government has certain checks and balances over the other two branches. ... In addition, a term limit can not be set on such a job,...

• Word Count: 710
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With that in mind, our founding fathers of this great country set forth the three theories of what every citizen should be entitled to; freedom, order and equality. ... The government recognized that educational opportunities to be as significant as those relating to employment. ... A closely divided Supreme Court, with no majority opinion and six opinions in all, struck down a medical school admissions program that set aside a specific number of places for "disadvantaged" minority students. ... Over the course of the following years, the state of California did many things to implement af...

• Word Count: 1414
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In a 7–2 vote the Supreme Court held that a set of Texas statutes criminalized abortion in most circumstances and was a violation of woman's constitutional right of privacy. ... These federally qualified centers also serve eight times as many people as Planned Parenthood does ("No Funding for Planned Parenthood – No Problem"). ... From 2013-2014, the organization affiliates received $528.4 million in government funding. ... The role of the government is to ensure that no federally funded programs, such as Title X and Medicaid, and in some cases state funds, cover the costs o...

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The government has attempted to intervene through passing laws and imposing regulations. ... As a result of the precedent set in the Zenger case, and the reluctance of juries to support prosecutions for seditious libel, the common law of seditious libel in America became generally unenforceable" (Linder 1&2). ... When the Bill of Rights was enacted, the First Amendment was construed mainly to shield speakers from imprisonment for anti-government views. ... What restrictions can the government place on speech in a designated public forum? A designated public forum, according to the Supreme...

• Word Count: 1987
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Judge Black's logical explanation of his ruling help set a precedent that other same-sex plaintiffs would use in the coming years in their respective states. ... The two majority judges claimed that they could not ignore the precedent set by Baker vs Nelson in 1972. ... Therefore, the majority judges in the Sixth Circuit Court Appeals Case ruled in the exact same way as the precedent set before them. ... Lastly, the Tennessee plaintiffs asked if the court would please throw out the precedent set by the Baker vs Nelson case. ... The Fourteenth Amendment is defined in our "State and ...

• Word Count: 1936
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The Supreme Court's decision in favor of the defendant was one that could possibly set the tone for future inflammatory protests and pickets, and how these types of factions might exercise the First Amendment in the future. ... Federal and local governments have responded to the growing problem of funeral picketing by enacting time, place, and manner restrictions on picketers to protect persons such as Mr. ...

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There is a social unrest in America these days regarding the Government's denial of the right to marry to many homosexual. ... The separation of Church and State was established so that there would be a distinction between religion and government so that the church would not influence government and vice versa. The issue of gay marriage distorts those lines and religion intervenes and influences the government's decisions of who can marry and who will be refused. It is time for there to be a change to politics and mainstream society, governments must look now at "the people " especia...

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By 1995, 38 States and the Federal Government had enacted statutes authorizing the death penalty for certain forms of murder. ... Justice O'Connor concurred, but pointed out that Oklahoma's death penalty statute set no minimum age at which the death penalty could be imposed. ...

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