Jurisdiction

Oklahoma is the fifth largest source of oil and gas in the United States; which brings billions of dollars to the state economy each year [1]. However, there have been a lot of earthquakes ; which is considered not normal geologically. The reason to blame is the hydraulic fracking. With the increasing numbers of earthquake; due to hydraulic fracking, a lot of citizens decided to sue several oil and gas companies. One of these cases is brought by Sandra Ladra, a Prague resident, Oklahoma. One of the

The Process of the Death Penalty in the United States Thirty-one states in the U.S. currently use the capital punishment, though the largest numbers of death row inmates and executions occur in just a handful of those jurisdictions. Although California has the largest death row with 690 inmates, this state does not put to people very orderly – for example, no one has been execute in the last three years. Texas, in contrast, while also having a very large death row inmates executes more people each

The Marbury vs Madison decision created lasting effects for the history of American politics by establishing judicial review. Judicial review provides the Supreme Court with the ability to determine the constitutionality of an act or issue passed by the legislative or executive branches. The case took place early in American history where the powers of the Supreme Court were only outlined in the Constitution but never explicitly exercised in public. The Marbury vs Madison decision is significant

emergency and disaster management process. The threat level of social vulnerability can vary between community segments based upon demographics, income, and/or business type. First, social vulnerability must be analyzed in every community within a jurisdiction which first starts by understanding its meaning. Second, data obtained by assessing social vulnerability must be implemented within each phase of the emergency management process; mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Lastly, if an

For this assignment I will be identifying Courts as the specific area of criminal justice. I chose this area because I think it plays a vital part into how our justice system works. Starting with a brief history of how and when the courts came into existence all the way through to where it is now. For a person reading this paper, it’s the assumption that you will get a better understanding of the Court system here in the United States. From 1775-83 (the American Revolution) until the early part

available to them, their budgetary resources, and jurisdictions. The larger municipalities generally has the budgetary means to provide some of the support staff needed to conduct their investigations and law enforcement activities within their own departments; but the smaller cities, towns, and villages that cannot provide the support services needed can use those of the state agencies. At the state level, the agencies have the jurisdiction to perform law enforcement along

unconstitutionality in accordance with Article III, by citing a jurisdiction provision within the Judiciary Act of 1789. Since Marbury’s writ of mandamus petition was submitted straight to the United States Supreme Court, they required original jurisdiction before it could be heard. Marbury countered their claim by citing a clause in Section 13 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 that stated, per Congress, the Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction over petitions for writs of

The American government is a government that the three branches limit the power of each other equally, so one branch does not get too much power through the system of Checks and Balances. In 1775, the American Revolutionary War broke out. The results showed that America was finally an independent country. With some ideas from the British history, such as philosopher John Locke, the Founding Fathers established our first government. However, the Framers had a complex time figuring out how to balance

Articles 1, 2, and 3 in the constitution discuss the powers and limitations of power for the three branches of government. There are checks and balances to keep one branch dominating the government. These factors work hand in hand to create our government. Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress its many, but limited, powers enabling it to serve its purpose. Congress’s main powers are: to collect, levy, and raise taxes, to make laws regarding bankruptcy, naturalization of

Christian University   LAW 501 Session 1 Case Study Burger King v. Rudzewicz This case determined whether personal jurisdiction applied to a franchisee of Burger King restaurants, whose headquarters was in Miami, Florida, when the franchisee and his restaurant were in Drayton Plains, Michigan. The Supreme Court found that personal jurisdiction did apply, holding that “Jurisdiction is proper, however, where the contacts proximately result from actions by the defendant himself that create a “substantial