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    for being the home of many Fundamentalist Church of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) which in turn garners interest in the constitutionality of the polygamy offenses. In 2011 the provincial government decided to get the opinion on the matter from the Supreme Court of British Columbia (BCSC) on the constitutionality of s. 293, now referred to as the Polygamy Reference (Wray, Reimer, & Cameron, 2015). The purpose of this paper is to critically assess the inherent harms of polygamy. Specifically, we will

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    Brittany Stephens CMIT 424 7980 Digital Forensics Analysis and Application (2158) UMUC November 8, 2015 The Need for Validation The United States Supreme Courts ruled (Daubert versus Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) that digital forensic tools used during a forensic examination must have validation for the results of the examination to be upheld in court. This means that any tool or technique used during the forensic analysis of evidence must be validated through the process of the scientific

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    The Supreme Court is one of the most influential ways in determining whether something is considered to be “constitutional” in many developed countries around the world, including Canada. Within this country, the Supreme Court is the highest Court of Appeal that both territories and provinces can bring court cases to, making it extremely important in the way the country functions (The Supreme Court of Canada, 2016). Within this country, the way the judges are chosen is something that has recently

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    case entered the United States Supreme Court in 1954 Brown v Topeka educational school board. The case challenged the idea of accepting segregation within educational facilities. , Brown was heralded as the triumph over legal barriers to better educational opportunities for African American children Brown v Topeka was a watershed case in the United States that challenged past precedents, shook the race relations in society, and perpetuated an extraordinary drive in the United States for change, which

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    The United States government consists of three main branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. Within the contents of this essay, the judicial branch will be examined. The judicial branch of the United States government oversees justice throughout the country by expounding and applying laws by means of a court system.1 This system functions by hearing and determining the legality of such cases.2 Sitting at the top of the United States court system is the Supreme Court. The Supreme

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    Nine Supreme Court Cases

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    The Supreme Court is made up of nine justices appointed by the president of the United States. These justices are are tasked with reviewing and deciding which cases of the 7,000 cases they are presented with each year. The Supreme Court is given the ability to choose most of the cases they are presented with each year. (1) The Supreme Court discuss cases presented to them by any of the court justices and they must utilize the rule of four. These rule states that if at least four of the justices

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    The Supreme Court is the courtroom where all the legal cases dealing with congress or the constitution go to get a final decision. The Court is currently composed of a chief justice, eight associate justices, and nine officers. Their main goal as members of the Supreme Court is to make sure everything and anything abides by the constitution. It has many powers when it comes to law and especially the constitution, but it is not overly powerful due to the other two branches of the government. Checks

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    The United States Federal Court comprises of three fundamental levels: the district courts, the circuit courts, and the Supreme Court of the United States. The district courts are federal trial courts, the first appeals go to the circuit courts, and the final appeals go to the Supreme Court of the United States. Furthermore, these three levels of courts handle both civil and criminal matters. Each has diverse result. It is essentials to know the fundamental data of three levels of the United States

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    The Federal Court System

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    the Federal Court System in America one must first describe the functions and responsibilities of the court system. As with anything complex, it starts first from humble beginnings, and constant adaptations, and in the end you get your final product. This complexity that is going to be described and explained just so happens to be the American Federal Court System, this will cover the history, growth and development, as well as the current status of this intricate system. The Supreme Court is the highest

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    county court in Illinois is deciding a case involving an issue that has never been addressed before in that state’s courts. The Iowa Supreme Court, however, recently decided a case involving a very similar fact pattern. Is the Illinois court obligated to follow the Iowa Supreme Court’s decision on the issue? If the United States Supreme Court had decided a similar case, would that decision be binding on the Illinois court? Explain. Is the Illinois court obligated to follow the Iowa Supreme Court’s

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