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    partisan issue people like Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Kamila Harris, and Cory Booker have all come together to try to fight this overreach of legislative power. There is a constitutional necessity for the separation of power between the legislative and judicial branch to provide a check on how legislation is enforced and adjudicated. The separation of powers that was established in the United States constitution is possibly the most advertised and praised part of our founding document. Giving each branch

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    units. The core responsibility of this council is to deliver the requirements by the judicial career. This, along with the changes in the constitutional structures lightened the rights of the Colombians as the human rights were added into the new constitution thus protecting their interests. Following the continuous low ranking in this system, the World Bank, in 2009 introduced projects that strengthen the judicial operations in Colombia. This project reinforced the activities of the Interior and Justice

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    On November 4, 1979, Iranian revolutionaries stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and took several Americans hostage . President Carter subsequently issued executive order 12170, under the provision of the International Emergency Powers Act (IEPA), which froze all Iranian governmental assets within the jurisdiction of the United States . 444 days later Iran agreed to release the hostages in exchange for the return of their seized funds and the dismissal of “all legal proceedings of US nationals against

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    federal court system and a state court system. The judicial branch is responsible for deciding the meaning of laws, determining how to apply them to real situations, and whether a law breaks the rules of the constitution. In the year 1803, the landmark case Marbury v. Madison changed the course of American History when Justice Marshall held that the Supreme Court was constitutionally authorized to exercise the right of judicial review. Judicial review gives the Supreme Court the authority to interpret

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    three (3) branches: The Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, and Judicial Branch. In order to offer a separation of power, each branch is responsible for their roles within the government. Aside from specific responsibilities, each branch is responsible for enforcing a system of checks and balances, so that, one specific branch does not obtain too much power. Although structurally influenced by the United States Congress, the judicial branch, specifically the Supreme Court, is the supreme law of the

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    Judicial Review

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    controversy of judicial review which at extreme points, is called judicial activism, is a concept new to India. Judicial review can be defined as the judiciary, in the exercise of its own independence, checking and cross checking the working of the other organs of the government, while trying to uphold the ideal of ‘the rule of law’. Judicial activism more reformist in character is often confused with judicial review. According to Black’s Law Dictionary, judicial activism is “a philosophy of judicial decision-making

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    Seeking a Just Judiciary

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    the United States have acquired an oddly tilted concept of how the judicial branch of government should function. Modern consensus postulates that the Supreme Court is the final arbiter of the Constitution, and that its judgments cannot be challenged or changed except through its own decision (Vieira). Curiously, however, this idea of giving the power of final constitutional interpretation to the judiciary—known in law as “judicial supremacy”—finds no basis in the text of the Constitution itself

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    concerns itself over Judicial Review and Article V of the constitution. Article V explains the procedure intended for properly amending the constitution. This article criticizes pervious Supreme Court decisions on improperly amending the Tenth and Eleventh amendments of the constitution without formally reviewing the dealings Article V. This article also cited that judicial interpretation or “review” amount to unlawful findings and adding’s to the constitution because judicial interpretation was not

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    This case was a case for the ages that challenged the very decision of our newly elected president. The former President Adam after a grueling election has lost and in order to maintain the legacy of the Federalist, he began to appoint justices to the Supreme Court. These judges were appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, but unfortunately for these justices, the letters that confirmed the appointment never reached the potential justices. Adams was working quickly to push the appointments

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    Conservative legislation passed in 2015 was a major setback. On the other hand, those who oppose the safe injection sites completely will be sure to make it as difficult as possible for future sites to open around the state. The tensions between judicial and executive governments in Canada is not new, and the balance of powers within the state represents the Canadian democracy. The controversy is not over, and it is in the Liberal government's hands to see what the next step will be for safe injection

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