An edition of The steps to the Supreme Court (2012)

The steps to the Supreme Court

a guided tour of the American legal system

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An edition of The steps to the Supreme Court (2012)

The steps to the Supreme Court

a guided tour of the American legal system

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"The Steps to the Supreme Court follows two real cases--one civil, one criminal--as they work their way through the system from initial charges and complaints all the way up to the Supreme Court. Step by step, you'll track the criminal case involving the murder trial of Paul House, following the defendant from the night of the murder through his conviction, death sentence, appeals, and final chance for exoneration. The controversial civil case concerns the Ten Commandments being displayed on public property. You'll follow the parties from the plaintiffs' first filing of their suits through the Supreme Court decisions and back to their aftermath in the lower courts, where judges struggle to make practical law from a complex and divided ruling."--P. [4] of cover.

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John Wiley & Sons
Language
English
Pages
341

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Table of Contents

Preface. "How did you get here?"
Introduction. "The judicial power of the United States": how our courts were framed and how they function
Part I. "No reasonable juror": the death-row ordeal of Paul House. 1. The murder of Carolyn Muncey
2. The murder trial of Paul House
3. Paul House's appeals in the Tennessee state courts
4. Paul House's federal habeas corpus petition and hearing
5. Paul House seeks relief from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
6. Paul House's appeal to the United States Supreme Court
7. The House case returns to the federal and state courts
Part II. "An establishment of religion": the Ten Commandments and crosses in the courts. 8. A tale of two cities and two cases
9. The hearings and the opinions in the McCreary County and Van Orden cases
10. The Supreme Court appeals in the Ten Commandments cases
11. The impact of Justice Breyer's concurrence on pending Ten Commandments cases
12. The influence of politics in religion cases : the Mt. Soledad cross case
13. Religious politics, judicial snarls, and the Mojave Desert cross case
Conclusion
Appendix of Supreme Court opinions. I. Opinions in House v. Bell
II. Opinions in McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky
III. Opinions in Van Orden v. Perry.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-328) and index.

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Hoboken, N.J

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
347.73/26
Library of Congress
KF8742 .I764 2012, KF8742 .I76 2012, KF9223

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 341 p. ;
Number of pages
341

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25395547M
ISBN 10
111811499X
ISBN 13
9781118114995, 9781118138045, 9781118138052, 9781118138069
LCCN
2012392753
OCLC/WorldCat
759177257

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OL16728731W

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