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Can a state court rule on a federal constitutional issue?
Any court, even a lower state or federal District Court, can find a federal law that is relevant to a case or controversy before that count unconstitutional, if the court has a rational basis for making such determination. These cases often end up being petitioned to the US Supreme Court for a definitive answer.
What impact did the Constitution have on the Civil War?
The Supreme Court had declared slavery to be legal in every state of the Union, based on their interpretation of the Constitution - that the Founding Fathers would have included slaves in their definition of property when they declared that a man's property was sacred. This rendered all the Compromises invalid, and divided the nation even further than it was already.
Who enforces US Supreme Court rulings when they are against the President and the President refuses?
Whenever a U. S. President is in violation of the law as interpreted by the U. S. Supreme Court (or even if he/she is in violation of a law that the Supreme Court has not tested), it is the responsibility of Congress to impeach him/her.
Highest court in the judicial branch?
The simple answer is "the Supreme Court," but that isn't entirely accurate.If the case involves federal law, then the United States Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority.If the case involves state law then the state's highest court is on "top." Usually this court is called the state supreme court, such as the California Supreme Court, but it might be called something else. Massachusetts calls its top court the Supreme Judicial Court, and New York calls its highest court the Court of Appeals. Interestingly, a supreme court in New York is an ordinary trial court.On a question purely of state law, not even the United States Supreme Court can go against the highest court of the state.
Does a Supreme Court Justice have to be a male?
Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan are current Supreme Court justices. They are women. Sandra Day O'Connor is a former Supreme Court justice. She is also a woman. There are no constitutional qualifications for Supreme Court Justices. No age requirement, education requirement, or even a citizenship requirement. Never mind a protected class.
What did the supreme court do in the Dred Scott case?
Divided the nation even further, by declaring that slavery was legal in every state of the Union, according to the Chief Justice's reading of the Constitution.
What supreme court decision divided the nationall even more?
Dred Scott case
What did john marshall rule on the Cherokee case?
In the case of Cherokee Nation vs. Georgia, the Supreme Court declined even to hear the case, because the Supreme Court had no real jurisdiction over the case, since the Cherokees were their own separate nation.
What are the requirement to be on the supreme court?
The only requirement to be on the Ohio Supreme Court is that a person cannot be over 70 years old. A candidate does not have to be a judge or even a lawyer to be on the Ohio Supreme Court.
What are the constitutional requirments to be part of the supreme court?
The only requirement to be on the Ohio Supreme Court is that a person cannot be over 70 years old. A candidate does not have to be a judge or even a lawyer to be on the Ohio Supreme Court.
How did the country become more divided during the industrial revolution?
The Missouri Compromise in 1820 and Compromise of 1850, and Supreme Court rulings, such as the Dred Scott decision in 1857 (during the industrial revolution), divided the country even more.
What impact did the Constitution have on the Civil War?
The Supreme Court had declared slavery to be legal in every state of the Union, based on their interpretation of the Constitution - that the Founding Fathers would have included slaves in their definition of property when they declared that a man's property was sacred. This rendered all the Compromises invalid, and divided the nation even further than it was already.
Can a state court rule on a federal constitutional issue?
Any court, even a lower state or federal District Court, can find a federal law that is relevant to a case or controversy before that count unconstitutional, if the court has a rational basis for making such determination. These cases often end up being petitioned to the US Supreme Court for a definitive answer.
Is the Supreme Court located by itself in NYC?
The US Supreme Court is not located in New York. New York does have a trial court system which is called the Supreme Court, even though it is not truly supreme in the sense that the US Supreme Court is. It is not an appellate court like the US supreme Court is. They named it that because in early days, New York had a fractured system of trial courts, some with limited subject matter jurisdiction, some with limited regional jurisdiction. The New York Supreme Court became the unified statewide trial court, in effect supreme over all the little courts. It is not a good choice of names.
What type of court deals with investors?
All types of courts deal with investigators. Even the supreme court of the U.S. .
Who enforces US Supreme Court rulings when they are against the President and the President refuses?
Whenever a U. S. President is in violation of the law as interpreted by the U. S. Supreme Court (or even if he/she is in violation of a law that the Supreme Court has not tested), it is the responsibility of Congress to impeach him/her.
When should a person go to the Supreme Court?
Generally you can go to the Supreme Court only as a tourist. The Supreme Court decides if your case will be heard by them, but it must first progress theough the entire levels of the appropriate court system (state or federal) in order to even reach them for their consideration, IF they choose to hear it.
