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Author: Deborah Goldberg
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: advertising, pressure, state, supreme, campaigns, court, interest, special, judicial, politics, elections, watershed, money, year, new
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2008-06
ISBN-10: 1437902294
ISBN-13: 9781437902297
This report explains how the year 2000 signaled a dangerous turning point for Americażs courts, documenting the growing, systematic, and unprecedented infusion of big money and special interest pressure into the election of Supreme Court justices across the country. Contents: (I) Skyrocketing Fundraising and Spending in State Supreme Court Races; (II) The Growing Role of Television in Supreme Court Elections; (III) The Growing żData Gapż and the Effort to Document Special Interest Pressure on Our Courts. Charts and tables.
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Author: Philip Phillips
Publisher: General Books
Keywords: court, courts, supreme, rules, established, claims, process, equity, admirality, together, practice, jurisdiction, united, states, statutory, forms
Number of Pages: 636
Published: 2012-02-04
ISBN-10: 1235681475
ISBN-13: 9781235681479
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887. Excerpt: ... removed by writ of error to the Supreme Court of the United States, agreeably to the Act of Congress in such case made and provided, certain inaccuracies, defects, and omission in the record of the proceedings, have been suggested, to wit:: You, therefore, are hereby commanded that, searching the record and proceedings in said cause, you certify forthwith to the said Supreme Court, unde
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Author: Todd B. Tatelman
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: authority, separation, powers, presidential, kagan, court, nominee, elena, supreme
Number of Pages: 23
Published: 2010-10
ISBN-10: 1437935222
ISBN-13: 9781437935226
In light of Elena Kagan¿s nomination to serve as an Assoc. Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, this report analyzes then-Prof. Kagan¿s views of exec. power and the doctrine of separation of powers as laid out in her 2001 Harvard Law Review article ¿Presidential Admin.¿ Contents: (1) Constitutional and Legal Basis for Exec. Authority: Constitutional Text; Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court: Youngstown Sheet and Tube v. Sawyer; Appointment and Removal Cases; (2) Theories of Exec. Power: The ¿Traditional¿ View; The ¿Unitary Theory of the Exec.¿; (3) Presidential Admin.: Responses to Tradi
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Author: S. R. BohandyAlireza Nader
Publisher: Rand Publishing
Keywords: repulic, iran, islamic, succession, leader, supreme
Number of Pages: 124
Published: 2011-02-21
ISBN-10: 0833051334
ISBN-13: 9780833051332
As the commander in chief and highest political authority in Iran, the current Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has played a critical role in the direction of the Islamic Republic of Iran. This has never been more true than during the tumultuous 2009 presidential elections, the outcome of which was determined by Khamenei’s decisive support of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Only two men have held the position of Supreme Leader since the Islamic Republic of Iran was established in 1979: Khamenei and his predecessor, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. As Khamenei ages and rumors of his ill
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Author: Susan Navarro Smelcer
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: experience, legal, education, professional, characteristics, court, justices, demographic, supreme
Number of Pages: 35
Published: 2010-03
ISBN-10: 1437925839
ISBN-13: 9781437925838
Contents: (1) Introduction: Supreme Court Appointments in Historical Context; (2) Demographic Characteristics: Race and Ethnicity; Gender; Religion; (3) Professional Background: Experience in Private Practice; Experience as a Government Attorney; Judicial Experience; Prior Political Experience; Prior Military Experience; (4) Educational Background: Type of Legal Training; Law School Education; (5) Conclusion.
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