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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Supreme Court of the United States"”.
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International Law In the Supreme Court of the United States: An Empirical Analysis
<p>The attitudinal model has been the dominant explanation for judicial behavior for the last twenty years. However, political scientists have found that the attitudinal model is not adequate to explain the outcomes in cases involving foreign policy. Instead, it appears that other considerations, …
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From a weak tribual to a branch of government: The Supreme Court of the United States from 1789 to Marshall
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The Public Career of Joseph McKenna
<p>To present a permanent record of Joseph McKenna, as a great Californian, as others have been lauded unduly, a noteworthy jurist, and Catholic layman, is the purpose of this thesis. As a Westerner, the name of Joseph McKenna has not left its permanent mark on the public mind. In truth, he is …
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The Wall We Need: The Necessity for Judicial Hostility Towards Religion and Mistakes Made by the Supreme Court Regarding the Separation of Church and State
… 1952, in a case held to permit early release of students from school in order to attend religious study off campus, the Supreme Court of the United States declared that, “[W]e find no Constitutional requirement which makes it necessary for government to be hostile to religion.” This Thesis …
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SCOTUS' Decisions on Sentencing Juvenile Offenders: An Examination of Risk and Protective Factors of Juvenile Conduct Disorder and Adult Offending
Conduct disorder is one of the most frequently diagnosed mental illnesses in children in the United States today and consequently, is responsible for a great deal of juvenile delinquency. Extant research and the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) indicate that juvenile offenders are more …
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“In God we trust”: comparação da aplicabilidade fática dos princípios da laicidade do Estado e da liberdade religiosa com base na jurisprudência do Supremo Tribunal Federal e da Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos da América
… do Supremo Tribunal Federal (doravante STF) e da Supreme Court of The United States (doravante SCOTUS) busca-se verificar se tais princípios são aplicados dentro da mesma medida aos casos que envolvem religiões não-cristãs. Para tanto, será feita uma breve perspectiva histórica visando consolidar …
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Shaping the Supreme Court
<p>Abortion has proven itself to be one of the most divisive issues in modern American politics (Ziegler 2009, 281). Although states did not begin to criminalize abortion until the mid-19<sup>th</sup> century, largely due to a group of doctors which argued that the procedure was damaging American …
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The Senate's veto power over presidential appointments to the Supreme Court, 1916-1930
<p>It is a well known fact that in recent years the United States Senate has increasingly become more critical of presidential appointments to the Supreme Court branch. In this thesis the author has undertaken an intensive study of the several cases between 1916 and 1930 in which, serious …
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Towards a ressourcement of Dwight D. Eisenhower's belief that "our form of government makes no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith"
This Thesis examines Dwight D. Eisenhower's contention that our form of government makes no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith. In this context, it examines the beliefs of the Founding generation that support Eisenhower's contention. It also examines the beliefs prevailing …
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Desegregation in post-Brown Dallas, Texas: a historical narrative attributing the response and social activism efforts of African American Dallasites, 1950s-1970s
This study examines the role appointed desegregation committees had on the evolution of the public schooling experience in Dallas, Texas during the mid-twentieth century. It has a twofold purpose dating back to the eras commonly referred to as Plessy and Brown, respectively. On May 17, 1954, the …
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Affirmative action, higher education, and human rights: a comparison between supreme court rulings in the United States and Brazil
The United States and Brazil have histories of colonization, slavery, and racial inequalities. In addition, both countries have adjudicated cases centered on the use of affirmative action admissions policies in higher education but with differing results. The constitutional court of Brazil, the …
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The Effects of Teacher-Student Racial and Ethnic Congruence on Student Math Learning
The Supreme Court of the United States has recently determined that assigning students to schools and classrooms based on racial identity is unconstitutional. However, it also left the door open for further and different rulings. If researchers are able to show that lack of consideration of race …
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Marriage in the 21st Century: From a State of Confusion to a State of Being
<p>The purpose of this study was to interpret the lived-experiences of some individuals who viewed their long-term committed relationships as a marriage. This was done in order to begin to reveal the underlying meaning of marriage for some people in 21st century America. This hermeneutic …
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The Principles of Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary of State, 1921-1925, in Directing the Foreign Policy of the United States
<p>Charles Evans Hughes has the distinction of having twice served on the Supreme Court of the United States, first as Associate Justice and twenty years later as Chief Justice, His superior legal talent won for him an enviable career as corporation lawyer and the presidency of the American Bar …
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Students' First and Fourth Amendment Rights in the Digital Age: An Analysis of Case Law
In January, 2012, the Supreme Court of the United States refused to hear three cases involving student online speech, or cyberspeech. This indicates that the Court is content with lower courts applying First Amendment jurisprudence developed over 40 years ago to a rapidly advancing digital …
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Legal foundations for West Virginia school board business management policies
The purpose of this study was to synthesize, for the use of others, the pertinent legal requirements for the business management operations of West Virginia county boards of education. The study was undertaken by the researcher to help fill a void in the policy formulation process for West Virginia …
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CULTURE WARS AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE GATE: SCHOOL BOARD DECISION MAKING & STUDENTS’ SPEECH RIGHTS
School boards occupy a unique space in the fabric of American governance. School board members are often called upon to make decisions about how the values of a community are reflected in its schools, their classrooms, and even the school district’s library collection. These decisions are far from …
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A Philosophical Defense of Judicial Minimalism
… defends judicial minimalism, a contemporary theory of judging that has come to the forefront of American jurisprudence in the early part of the 21st Century. In this dissertation I offer the first formal definition of judicial minimalism, apply that definition to case law and the literature, …
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Compelled Decryption and the Right Against Self-Incrimination: Obsta Principiis
<p>Amidst the debate over compelled decryption, most courts and commentators have failed to recognize that the Act of Production Doctrine has swallowed the right against self-incrimination. The right against self-incrimination was created for the express purpose of preventing the government from …
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