Courts of the United States

Supreme Court was founded and what does it do? Our forefathers thought about how they wanted this country to be after fighting so hard to gain their independence. So, they created and wrote the United States Constitution, a living masterpiece that was designed to establish a strong government and yet flexible enough keep the “society’s need for order while protecting the individual’s right to freedom”. To ensure this protection by and for the Constitution, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)

Court Systems in China and the United States In both China and the United States, the judicial system is composed of courts that contain several different levels. However, there is a basic structural difference between the Chinese and American legal systems. In America, the three branches of government are supposed to be separate, so that the court system is supposed to be beyond party politics and partisan antics. This separate system of checks and balances does not exist in China. On the contrary

The United State’s court system typically operates as two entities; the first is the individual states court structure, and the second is the federal court organization (Bohm, & Haley, 2014). Subsequently, both of these court organizational frames typically divide between courts of general jurisdiction, appellate jurisdiction, and courts of last appeal or supreme courts. While similar in their structuring both the state and federal courts typically deal with different types of cases. The division

Introduction There are three women on the Supreme Court, one of whom is Latina, and there is one black justice serving on the Supreme Court (Brown, 2016). This is a major issue. The United States, the “melting pot”, has an extreme lack of diversity in their court system. This is an issue that affects several aspects of society. Decisions made by judges will affect the lives of men, women, and their families. The decisions made by judges can also create law. Unlike political officials, the people

United States Supreme Court Abstract: Throughout learning about politics in the United States, the judiciary sticks out as the branch that does not represent the American people. Supreme Court Justices are not elected into office and they also serve life terms. This paper will not argue that this should not be the case, but it will argue that this furthers the disconnect between politicians and the electorate. It will give a brief history of the Supreme Court and then argue that in recent years,

The United Sates Supreme Court heard Schuette to determine whether an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Michigan, approved and enacted by its voters, was invalid under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment which provides: ““No state shall make or enforce any law which shall…deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of laws. (U.S. CONST. amend. XIV, §1.) In reaching its decision, Justice Kennedy writing for the plurality rejects the broad reading

The history of the United States Supreme Court dates back to 1789 when George Washington signed the Judiciary Act of 1789 that was passed by congress. This act established the United States Supreme Court, the highest court in America and the Appellate court for civil cases and for cases state ruled on federal statues. Sense the beginning of the United States Supreme Court there have been many changes to their practices, but there are still a few that have stand the test of time. Between the increase

The United States court system is actually many court systems: a federal system and 50 state systems. Each has its own structures and procedures and are multi-tiered. Legal cases begin in a lower court and may work their way up to a higher court. Some cases initiated in a state court system ultimately end up in the federal court system. Most legal issues are resolved in state trial courts, the courts at the lowest tier in a state 's court system. Depending on the specific structure of a state 's court

Bankruptcy is a process that allows consumers and businesses to eliminate or repay debts under the protection of the federal bankruptcy court. An individual might file for bankruptcy because he/she has lost his/her job and can no longer pay his/her financial obligations. A business may file for bankruptcy because it has borrowed money that cannot be repaid due to the business failure. There are basically six bankruptcy chapters an individual or business can file. These chapters are

From the origins of the United States as written in the U.S. Constitution, was framed a national system of government with 3 distinct branches: the judiciary, executive and legislative. The legislative branch makes the laws by statute. The judiciary interprets the law and the highest judiciary, the U.S. Supreme Court, is the preeminent and final elucidator of the law. The judiciary encompasses the federal court system, where the U.S. Supreme Court stands at the very top of the judiciary hierarchy