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    Landmark cases are court cases that were studied because of its historical and legal significance. Important cases such as: Miranda v. Arizona and Mapp v. Ohio are the type of cases which have a long lasting effect on the application or creation of a specific law, often involving the violation of an individual’s rights and liberties. In order to understand how a judicial branch works, how these decisions have affected the law, how past court cases have affected citizen’s everyday life and protected

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    1) The Supreme Court justices had a discussion in the video about the use of foreign law in helping determine the outcome of judiciary cases. Justice Scalia spoke about with almost distain because he doesn’t think that foreign law should have any effect on what the Supreme Court decides is right or wrong for the American people. He thinks that the American people should have a say, but saw no point to looking at other countries for judiciary backing. Justice Stevens, however seemed to think that

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    Supreme Court justices are elected through a political process; they have their own personal view, which would affect their decision-making. This is why some scholars assert that the justices; political preferences play a critical role in their decisions in many cases. For example, the justices appointed by conservative presidents tend to have conservative views, while those appointed by liberal presidents have the opposite view. However, we should not quickly draw the conclusion that Supreme Court

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    United States Supreme Court Decision in Arizona v. Gant Ricardo Gomez Monroe College CJ 630-102 October 25, 2015 Professor: Vericker Abstract This paper will be discussing the United States Supreme Court cases decision in Arizona v. Gant. It relates to automobile searches and how it came about in making implications for policy changes and practices based on the fourth amendment. I will compare and contrast a similar case to this and explain how this case created changes on

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    case Name On the writof certiorari to the supreme judicial court of massachutes Case ID 577 U.S - (2006) Summary of the Case " The case involves gun ownership rights in relation to gun ownership and use in the state of Massechutes. Private gun ownership and self defence has been a bone of of contention in legislative and judicial platforms in the US. Individual states have various legislation relating to gun ownership that are in effect in the respective states. The ownership and use of

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    Thematic Essay-Supreme Court Cases The outcome of cases that have gone through the United States Supreme Court judicial branch have each had a major impact on how the laws and amendments of the United States Constitution are interpreted. Two cases in particular that expanded constitutional liberties is the case of Engel vs. Vitale (1962) and the case of Tinker vs. Des Moines School District (1969). Not only did both of these cases expand constitutional liberties in general, they more specifically

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    Why would the Indiana Attorney General wade into a United States Supreme Court case over the opening prayers said at town council meetings in western New York state? It’s a reasonable question Hoosiers might ask after my office filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that could decide whether the widespread practice of prayer at the start of legislative meetings is constitutional. In analyzing the long history and tradition of opening meetings with prayer, our brief

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    protecting the rights of people associated with a corporation is far from new. Supreme Court decisions dating back over 200 years have blurred the lines between individual rights and the rights of corporations. The more recent cases Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Citizens United v. FEC are just a few of the recent case that have ruled in favor of expanding corporate personhood. However, there have been over fifteen major Supreme Court decisions that have changed the way corporations are viewed in the eyes

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    The Foundation of Judicial Review in the United States of America The case of Marbury V. Madison can be considered one of the most important cases that have ever happened in Supreme Court History, for this was the case in which Judicial Review was applied for the first time since the Declaration of Independence and later foundation of the United States of America. The American revolutionary constitutionalism considered the Constitution as the founding text of the political community, only directly

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    Important Cases of the US Supreme Court The United States Supreme Court has interpreted the constitutional guarantees contained in amendments to the constitution. Among these Guaranteed rights are the freedoms of religion, speech, and press, along with the right of protection against illegal search and seizure, equal protection under the law, and the right to counsel. These rights all contained in the first amendment to the constitution are arguably the most important rights guaranteed to citizens

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