What I will tell you about my life in the New York courts is, by the way, largely replicated in state courts across the nation. As Chief Judge, I actually have two roles. One-as Chief Judge of the state's high court-is an adjudicative role. I serve as a member of a great common...
What are appellate courts? What is the District Court of Appeals? What cases does the Court of Appeals hear? What type of jurisdiction does the Court of Appeals have? What does the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals do? What is the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit?
Chapter 9/ Lesson 15 7.3K Learn about Schenck v. United States: a summary, the court's decision and its significance. See how Schenck v. United States' impact has changed over time. Explore our homework questions and answers library
@jmc88 - That is a good question, and I will say that I know that although the Supreme Court can hear anything, as long as it is heard at any lower court first, a lot of times federal courts cannot hear a case because everything about the case occurred in the state and there is ...
What does a Hearing Officer do? What is a Pretrial Hearing? In Law, what is a Rehearing? Discussion Comments Byporcel2009— On Dec 08, 2014 So I have a hearing on Friday for a default debt. I'm scared, to say the least. My state is one of those that can throw people in jail...
American carceral state, all of us are unwittingly surveilled and potentially criminalized, which is a punitive form of carceral control, and then we can either resist or become complicit and active in perpetuating these same forces. Let's hear what the symposium panelists say about criminal...
How do Court and Course differ in primary usage? "Court" mainly refers to a legal institution, while "Course" often denotes a direction, path, or academic study. 9 Are both words nouns? Primarily, yes, but both can be used differently, like "to court" someone or "course through" as ...
Victorians' makes up only a tiny percentage of the vast catalogue of photographic portraiture created between 1840 and 1900, the majority of which show sitters posing miserably anddu stiffly in front of painted backdrops,or staring absently into the middle distance .How do we explain this trend ...
Appellate courts hear and review appeals from legal cases that have already been heard and ruled on in lower courts. Appellate courts exist for both state and federal-level matters but feature only a committee of judges (often called justices) instead of a jury of one's peers. There are 13...
Individual states have rules concerning probate and probate courts. Some states do not use the term "probate" but instead refer to a surrogate’s court, orphan’s court, or chancery court. It's important to review the laws regarding probate in the state in which a will is to be probated...