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Supreme court
About: Supreme court is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 41858 publications have been published within this topic receiving 306787 citations. The topic is also known as: court of last resort & highest court of appeal.
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11 Oct 1988
TL;DR: The only government weve got is the United States government as discussed by the authors, which is the only government that has a policy-making process that works in a democratic manner, and how well it works.
Abstract: * Introduction How Does The Policy-Making Process Work? * Politics: A Framework for Analysis * Institutional Settings for Politics: Congress * Institutional Settings for Politics: The Presidency * Institutional Settings for Politics: The Bureaucracy * Institutional Settings for Politics: The Supreme Court * Production: A Framework for Analysis * The Civil Service as an Institutional Setting for Production How Well Does The Policy-Making Process Work? * How Should We Evaluate the Policy-Making Process? * The Wellsprings of Public Behavior: Alternate Views * Evaluating the Political Process * Evaluating the Operating Performance of Government Organizations * Conclusion: The Only Government Weve Got
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TL;DR: The authors argue that young witnesses, victims, and suspects alike possess youthful characteristics that influence their ability to validly inform legal processes and that consideration should be given to reforming current practices in the context of juvenile interrogation.
Abstract: This article examines the legal histories and social contexts of testimony and interrogation involving minors, developmental research on suggestibility and judgment, interactions between development and legal/sociological contexts, and the reasoning behind how minors are treated in different legal contexts. The authors argue (a) that young witnesses, victims, and suspects alike possess youthful characteristics that influence their ability to validly inform legal processes, some of which were recently recognized by the Supreme Court as they apply to the juvenile death penalty, and (b) that consideration should be given to reforming current practices in the context of juvenile interrogation. ((c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
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TL;DR: While the Supreme Court in Bandemer v. Davis found partisan gerrymandering to be justiciable, no challenged redistricting plan in the subsequent 20 years has been held unconstitutional on partisan beliefs as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: While the Supreme Court in Bandemer v. Davis found partisan gerrymandering to be justiciable, no challenged redistricting plan in the subsequent 20 years has been held unconstitutional on partisan ...
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