More then 50,000 cases are filed annually in the federal appeals court with about 5,000 reaching the formal hearing phase (Greenberg/Page; p.424-426). ... An example of a good decision by the court is the Roe vs. ... Reversing past Supreme Court decisions (Brown vs. Board of Education; 1954), deciding political issues (Bush vs. ... This presents the possibility that high profile cases, such as roe vs. wade may be overturned. ...

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In the event that no candidate received a majority vote of the Electoral College, then the House of Representatives would elect the president. ... House of Representatives (specifically the Judicial Committee) holds hearings and gathers evidence then turns over everything to the full House for a vote > a majority vote of the full House is required to impeach (or indict) the president. ... George Washington established the informal tradition of serving two terms and then voluntarily stepping down. This tradition was followed until F D R served an unprecedented third (then a fourth) term of o...

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He was then sent to the school of the Reverend James Maury at Hanover, Virginia, and spent two years studying Greek and Latin classics, history, literature, geography, and natural science. ... Key issues prominent in Election- federal government vs. state's rights, westward expansion of the nation, Native Americans, the freedom of lower class white men. ... By issuing the Embargo Act, he hurt his own nation more then his intended targets, Great Britain and France. ...

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