How does a case get to the SCOTUS? correct answers **Rule of 4 to 9 is applied, which states that justices have to agree to hear someones case in the appeals court.
-for a case to reach the Supreme Court is on appeal from a circuit court.
*A party seeking to appeal a decision of a circuit co...
Juvenile Justice Exam 3 (100% Correct Answers)
How does a case get to the SCOTUS? correct answers **Rule of 4 to 9 is applied, which states that justices have to agree to hear someones case in the appeals court.
-for a case to reach the Supreme Court is on appeal from a circuit court. *A party seeking to appeal a decision of a circuit court can file a petition to the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari
What is "writ of certiorari"? correct answers -is a process for seeking judicial review and a writ issued by a court that agrees to review. -A writ of certiorari orders a lower court to deliver its record in a case so that the higher court may review it. -The U.S. Supreme Court uses certiorari to select most of the cases it hears.
How many cases does the SCOTUS hear each year? correct answers About 80 a year
What kinds of SCOTUS rulings/opinions are there? correct answers i)Majority
ii)Concurring
iii)Dissent
When & where did the great migration occur? correct answers Where?
-was a mass movement of African Americans from rural to urban areas ( south-every where else)
When: 1960-1970
Extra info:
-1910: a group of AA leaves Selma, Alabama
-in 1900, 90% of AA live in south, 75 % live in rural areas
-By 1970, 80% of AA live in urban areas & 80% also lived in North , Midwest or west
What caused the great migration? correct answers New jobs and opportunities and also segregation
* "push" factors for the exodus were poor economic conditions in the South—exacerbated by the
limitations of sharecropping, farm failures, and crop damage from the boll weevil
*as well as ongoing racial oppression in the form of Jim Crow laws.
What are Implications for civil rights generally, and criminal procedure specifically? correct answers What is Stare decisis? correct answers -let the decision stand
*law is not impirical
* Judges are unlikely to go against previous decision for a case
Moore et al. v. Dempsey, 261 U.S. 86 (1923) correct answers * "Race Riot"
i) Facts of the case
-Elaine Race riot in Arkansas
-White Railroad employee dies
-Troops arrested hundreds of AA
*22 are indicted *73 are charged with murder of this one guy
*12 charged w/ 1st degree murder
ii) Holding:
Violation of the 14th amendment iii) Implications
-Due process of law clause
What is a kangaroo court? correct answers an unofficial court held by a group of people in order to try someone regarded, especially without good evidence, as guilty of a crime or misdemeanor.
Ex:
-Moore v Dempsey
-Powell v Alabama
Powell v. Alabama, 287 U.S. 45 (1932) correct answers (Scottsboro Boys) *Juvenile Justice case
i) Facts of the case
-train of white & black riders
-9 black youths get in an argument w/ white youths
-Women on the train accuse the boys of rape
- There was 3 trails over one day, counsel was no help
ii) Holding
-6th amend right to counsel via the 14th amend was violated
iii) Implications
-Due process clause
**State level right to counsel in capital case
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