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Supreme Court of the United States

Judiciary Vocabulary

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Supreme Court of Canada
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1. "Court Packing Plan" FDR's New Deal legislation was being overturned by the supreme court and it didn't look like there were going to be justices to retire any time soon. So FDR tried to pack the court with around 9 new justices. it didn't work 2. 4th Amendment ..., No unreasonable searches or siezures 3. adversarial system where two parties with conflicting interests "compete" against each other in front on an independent and impartial third party or parties 4. Allegheny v ACLU ..., Chanukah and Christmas displays are permitted in public places but not one display and not the other (doesn't include houses) (1989) 5. American Center for Law and Justice ..., conservative, Christian pro-life group 6. amicus curiae

Judiciary Vocab

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United States Constitution
New Hampshire Supreme Court
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1. "Court Packing Plan" FDR's New Deal legislation was being overturned by the supreme court and it didn't look like there were going to be justices to retire any time soon. So FDR tried to pack the court with around 9 new justices. it didn't work 2. 4th Amendment ..., No unreasonable searches or siezures 3. adversarial system where two parties with conflicting interests "compete" against each other in front on an independent and impartial third party or parties 4. Allegheny v ACLU ..., Chanukah and Christmas displays are permitted in public places but not one display and not the other (doesn't include houses) (1989) 5. American Center for Law and Justice ..., conservative, Christian pro-life group 6. amicus curiae

AP US Government and Politics (Constitutional Underpinnings)

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Federalism in the United States
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Supreme Court of the United States

The Constitutional Underpinnings Enlightenment Philosophies (Framers of the Constitution)- 18th century Thomas Hobbes book: Leviathon believed the best way to protect life was to give power to an absolute monarch John Locke book: Second Treatise on a Civil Government believed that life, liberty, and property need to be respected Charles de Montesquieu book: The Spirit of Laws advocated for the separation of power into three branches of government Jean Jacques Rousseau believed in a social contract- government freely formed with the consent of the people The Articles of Confederation- led to the Constitution Accomplishments won the Revolutionary War (negotiated the treaty that would end the revolutionary war) established the Northwest Ordinance- methods by which states enter the Union

Supreme Court Case Brief, Clinton v. New York

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Supreme Court Case Brief Clinton v. New York (1998) Steven Cooper Political Science 203 Judicial Process 21 May 2013 Dr. Nancy Bednar Clinton v. New York 524 U.S. 417 (1998) I. TYPE OF ACTION: This is a Constitutional law case involving purported infringements of the Presentment Clause of Article 1; Section 7; Clauses 2&3 of the United States Constitution.

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