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président. Mais le Sénat a aussi des prérogatives plus spécifiques notamment en ce qui concerne les nominations faites par le président des États-Unis pour les postes des secrétaires, les juges fédéraux les plus importants notamment ceux de la Cour suprême des États-Unis ainsi que les ambassadeurs et certains hauts fonctionnaires fédéraux. Le Sénat autorise à la majorité des 2/3 de la chambre soit 67 sénateurs la ratification des traités par le président. L'avis et le consentement du Sénat sont nécessaires

about the Supreme Court decision stating that the military commissions in Guantánamo Bay were unconstitutional in the Hamdam v. Rumsfeld case, and the second one refers to the proceeding against Japesen Dataplan, a Boeing subsidiary accused of arranging flights for CIA. We saw in your mail that you already have all the facts in mind, we do not need to clarify one of them. As you know, Binyam Mohamed was detained on Guantánamo, waiting to be judged by a military commission. The US Supreme Court put

Trial : Mr Tenk doesn't feel guilty, he thinks that the boy is guilty. In the past Now family, open-minded, he stopped to assimilate crime and murder to strangers. Some of his employees are of Hispanic background. The justices are criticized for making law, for being law makers. Normally, the SCOTUS is a law-interpreting body, since Marbury v. Madison in 1803. The SCOTUS has a power of a judicial review, to decide on the constitutionality or not of laws, and presidential actions. What type of cases

violence hoping that this requirement would dissuade them from marching. The neo-Nazis then threatened to march in Skokie. The case was ultimately brought to the Illinois Supreme Court where they overturned the ruling of the District court. Afterwards, it was brought to the U.S. Supreme Court. On June 14, 1977, the Supreme Court ordered Illinois to hold a hearing on their ruling against the Nazis. Illinois decided that the county court decision violated the First Amendment. Since other people were

que la Constitution provient à l’origine du peuple ( II ). I/ Suprématie de la Constitution La Constitution dispose d’un caractère spécifique, pour ainsi dire ‘sacré’, on peut ainsi la qualifier de suprême(A), et de cette suprématie émane une hiérarchie des normes (B). A/ Caractère supreme de la Constitution L’extrait commence par la phrase suivante : « il n’est pas de proposition plus évidemment vraie que tout acte d’une autorité déléguée, contraire aux termes de la commission en vertu

judges are generally appointed or elected for fixed terms; it makes judges more responsive to public opinion. 1) At the apex of the American judicial sys. is the United States Supreme Court. It consists of 8 associate justices and 1 chief justice. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction. 2) Beneath the Supreme Court are the 12 US courts od appeals. 3) The US distric courts form the 3rd principal layer in the pyramid of the federal judiciary; they are trial courts where cases begins:

nominatin Federalists judges. Secondly The new president, Thomas Jefferson, refused to carry out the nominations made by his predecessor. Thirdly The case Marbury vs Madison would set a precedent for the respective roles of the president and the supreme court. Page 8 Some questions about the case What injustice does the plaintiff seek to rectify? Marbury wished to receive the official letter confirming his nomination as judge made by President Adams wich the new president, Jefferson, and

illegal possession of cannabis in vertu of that Marihuana Tax Act. He sued the Supreme Court claiming that this law was unconstitutionnal because of the Fifth Amendment, that protects the rights of accused people and especially he used the sentence “nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself”. In fact, the person that should pay the tax had to condamn himself of possession of cannabis. The Supreme Court declared that law unconstituionnal in 1969, that is why the Controlled

règlement des différends. Utilisé qu'une fois dans l'affaire de la Musique Irlandaise. Art. 26: les mesures sont conformes, mais causent préjudice. On peut recourir au GS, mais les recommandations ne sont pas obligatoires Amicus Curiae: Ami de la Cour. Article XIII du mémorandum. Un tiers apporte des éléments juridiques et des faits. Normalement les PP ne participent pas, mais la c'est une exception. Affaire Tortues/Crevettes, 1998: l'OA dit que on peut proposer Amicus Curiae au GS et il n'est

race, King was, by this time, a member of the executive committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the leading organization of its kind in the nation. He led in 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and in 1956, after the Supreme Court of the United States had declared unconstitutional the laws requiring segregation on buses, Blacks and whites rode the buses as equals. During these days of boycott, ML King was arrested and injuried, his home was bombe... In 1957 he was elected