Supreme Court of the United States

------------------------------------------------- The state secret privilege doctrine in US law and its use in the fight against terrorism: a protection of national security? a danger for public liberties. When talking about Human Rights and the United States, many authors would talk of ‘American exceptionalism’. This expression refers to the idea that the United States of America (hereafter US) have a troubled relationship to Human Rights (hereafter HR). On the one hand, they see themselves as having the messianic duty to

The refusal of rosa parks -Biographie of parks rosa Rosa Louise mccauley parks was born the 4 februar 1913 in Alabama. She was a seamstress who became an African American civil rights activist, she was call "the first lady of civil rights", and "the mother of the freedom movement".[1] Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (4 février 1913, Tuskegee, Alabama États-Unis - 24 octobre 2005, Détroit, Michigan), est une couturière qui devint une figure emblématique de la lutte contre la ségrégation raciale

compromise → The constitution was drafted in 1787 and was fully ratified in 1791. Article 1 : it deals with all the powers and the principal branch which is the congress composed of the house of representatives and the senate. So it’s extremely powerful once you are elected for what you are empowered to. Article 2 : it deals with the executive power : it’s the President. There was a paranoia in XVIII century because of a fear the monarchic dictatorship. Article 3 : it deals with the judiciary

November the 2nd of 2010, during the same day as the mid-term election in Congress, the Californian voters had the opportunity to vote to a referendum about the proposition 19 also known as the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act. We want also explain you what happened before this date about cannabis in the USA and what was this proposition about. History of the question of cannabis in american laws History of the prohibition of cannabis at the federal level The prohibition of cannabis

The American Bill of Rights On April 30, 1789, George Washington was sworn in as the first President of the United States. The new United States Constitution had already been ratified and went into effect the 4th March 1789, but the new country was still in danger/unsettled. Many of the founding fathers were demanding a “bill of rights” to protect people from the new government, to make sure that it would never treat citizens like the old colonial government did. The idea of protection of rights

EXPOSE IP : La Cour suprême La Constitution de 1789 et l’arrêt Marbury v Madison de 1803 font de la Cour Suprême des EUA (Supreme Court Of The United States – SCOTUS) la matrice du pouvoir judiciaire et la placent ainsi au cœur des institutions du pays. Sommet de la hiérarchie judiciaire et instance de contrôle de constitutionnalité des lois, la Cour Suprême semble bien s’inscrire dans le régime de séparation stricte des pouvoirs qu’est le régime présidentiel américain en tant qu’elle est un organe

about the Mayflower Compact and the 1st Charter of Virginia 1st Virginia Charter * Date: 1606 * Speaker: King James * Grammatical subject: “we” * Geographical location: Virginia (the South) * Declared Goals of 1st Virginia Charter: Religion, Civilization, Find Gold * Kind of Government that was envisaged: a representative assembly (13 persons to ordained and removed from time to time) that had a lot of autonomy (they shall govern all matters that arise within the colony)

La Constitution des États-Unis est, selon ses propres termes, la « loi suprême du pays ». Acceptée le 17 septembre 1787 par une convention réunie à Philadelphie, elle s'applique depuis le 4 mars 1789. Modifiée par vingt-sept amendements, elle est l'une des plus anciennes constitutions écrites encore appliquées Cette Constitution est fondée sur une séparation stricte des pouvoirs, établissant ainsi un régime présidentiel. Le pouvoir exécutif est du ressort d'un président, à la fois chef de l'État et chef

 Business in United-States plays a very important role in the nation, plays the key economic, social and cultural role. The United-States are conceded as the most powerful and richest nation in the world thanks to infancy of its business. The story of capitalism in the United-States began in the second part of the 19th century mostly after the Civil War (guerre de Sécession) in 1865. From 1855 to the end of the Civil War, the United-States experienced an incredible economic development which symbolizes

............................................................ 6 b) Le pouvoir Exécutif ........................................................................................................................ 7 c) Le pouvoir Judiciaire - La cour Suprême des États-Unis ............................................................... 7 2. L’initiative législative : l’adoption d’une loi au Etats-Unis ................................................................ 8 a) Le dépôt et la nature du texte