Courts of the United States

Greece government and the United States government is very different from each based on the fact that Greece is a Parliamentary Republic and the United States is a constitutional federal republic (The World Factbook). In Greece’s government there is a president, a prime minister, a parliament,and a Courts of Law (Government and Politics). In the United State’s government there is a president, House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Supreme Court. The United States only has a few parties that

constitution is the United States constitution, which was written and ratified a few years after the American Revolutionary War. Not only does the U.S. have a constitution, but also France, Iraq, Vietnam, and other nations. Even ancient civilizations established one, such as Greece, Rome, Babylon, the Iroquois Confederacy, and others. Constitutions imply different themes, such as rights and justice, but imply one major theme. The constitutions of France, Iraq, the United States of America, Vietnam

Assignment: Court Cases. The rights of Americans have been tried over and over and no matter the opponent, we have the right to speech and press as long as there isn’t “clear and present danger.” The case of Schenck V. the United States fought that the Espionage Act didn’t grant freedom of speech when he was convicted of “conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act by attempting to cause insubordination in the military and to obstruct recruitment.”(www.oyez.org). On March 3, 1919, the courts ruled in favour

The facts of Padilla v. Rumsfeld The case is about detention of a citizen from the United States of America unlawfully without being charged or tried. The issue in the case is whether the military officials violate the law through such conducting such a detention unless the Congress authorizes them to do so. Jose Padilla, an American, returned from Pakistan in 2002 when he was later arrested in O’Hare International Airport in Chicago (Ann, 2004). At first, he was detained as a witness during the

is a written document that sets forth the fundamental rules by which a society is governed. Throughout the course of history the United States has lived under two Constitutions since the British-American colonies declared their independence from Great Britain in 1776. First in line was the Articles of Confederation (1789-1789) followed by the Constitution of United States of America (1789-present). The Articles of Confederation was the first formal written Constitution of America that specified how

illegally seized evidence rather than a prohibition on illegal searches. Exceptions To The Rule In 1960, the Rule had reached the states. In Elkins v. United States6, states officials that obtain evidence illegally were allowed to turn over evidence to federal officials and the evidence could be entered for trial. In Herring v. United States, 2009 7, was a matter of a clerical mistake where the accused was arrested prior to the clerical mistake was updated. It was found that the exception

Mottley, Defendants Facts: E.L. Mottley and his wife, Annie E. Mottley, (plaintiffs) were passengers on board a train operated by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company (defendants). Both the plaintiffs and the defendant are citizens of the state of Kentucky. The plaintiffs, while passengers on board a train, were injured in a train wreck on September 7, 1871. The defendants offered the injured plaintiffs a free pass from the defendant’s railroad company in exchange for the agreement that they

in America has long been foretold throughout the generations; however, racial discrimination is not limited between African-Americans and Anglos, racial discrimination also extended its racial barriers to Mexican-Americans. “In 1954, the United States Supreme Court extended constitutional rights to Mexican Americans in the landmark civil rights case Hernandez v. Texas” (Cobb, J. 2015). This case is the beginning front of Mexican-Americans taking a stand to fight for their civil liberties and demand

Judicial Branch: Federal Court System The judicial branch, or court system, of each state and territory has at least one federal trial court (U.S. District Court) hearing federal cases in that state. Appellate courts sit throughout the country. The U.S. Supreme Court sits in Washington, D.C., and it is the final court of appeal in the United States. Federal courts hear cases involving federal statutes or the U.S. Constitution. They also hear cases in which the United States is a party or cases

government. In order to ensure democracy, the idea of separation of power was of great importance. With the separation of power, the United States believed