USA Law

Category: J

  • Jurisdiction to Tax

    Jurisdiction to Tax in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled JURISDICTION TO TAXPrior to the adoption of the fourteenth amendment, the Supreme Court derived from principles inhering in the very nature […]

  • Judicial Supremacy

    Judicial Supremacy in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled JUDICIAL SUPREMACYStripped of the partisan rhetoric that usually surrounds important decisions of the Supreme Court, debate about judicial […]

  • Judicial Restraint

    Judicial Restraint in the United States Judicial Activism and Judicial Restraint United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND JUDICIAL RESTRAINT In contemporary constitutional rhetoric, judicial activism […]

  • Judicial Role

    Judicial Role in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled JUDICIAL ROLETheories about the proper role of the Supreme Court have proliferated in recent decades. These theories have been too political in […]

  • Judicial Strategy

    Judicial Strategy in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled JUDICIAL STRATEGYThat judges shape much public policy is a fact of political life. The significant questions are how, how often, how […]

  • Judicial Power

    Judicial Power in United States Judicial Power Definition The authority vested in the judges or courts, as distinguished from that vested in other departments of government. That power by which judicial tribunals construe the constitution, and laws of the United States, or of the states, and […]

  • Judicial Interpretation

    Judicial Interpretation in the United States Civil Rights Act of 1866 (Judicial Interpretation) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1866 (Judicial Interpretation) Judicial interpretation has […]

  • Judicial Legislation

    Judicial Legislation in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled JUDICIAL LEGISLATIONThe term judicial legislation appears to be something of an oxymoron, as the Constitution clearly assigns the principal […]

  • Judicial Policymaking

    Judicial Policymaking in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled JUDICIAL POLICYMAKINGJudicial policymaking and related terms-judicial activism, judicial creativity, and judicial legislation-emphasize […]

  • Judicial Conference

    Judicial Conference in the United States Judicial Conference of the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED STATESThe Judicial Conference of the United States is a legacy of […]

  • Judicial Construction

    Judicial Construction in the United States Fourteenth Amendment, Section 5 (Judicial Construction) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT, SECTION 5 (Judicial Construction) Section 5 of the fourteenth […]

  • Judicial Contempt Power

    Judicial Contempt Power in the United States Contempt Power, Judicial United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled CONTEMPT POWER, JUDICIALThe Constitution nowhere mentions contempt of court. The courts’ powers in this area […]

  • Judicial Appointments

    Judicial Appointments in the United States Senate and Judicial Appointments United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled SENATE AND JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTSThe President nominates federal judges, but no person becomes a judge of a […]

  • Judicial Collegiality

    Judicial Collegiality in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled JUDICIAL COLLEGIALITYCollegiality is defined by Webster’s Third New International Dictionary (1993) as the relationship of colleagues. […]

  • Joseph Mckenna

    Joseph Mckenna in the United States Mckenna, Joseph (1843_1926) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled MCKENNA, JOSEPH (1843_1926) Few Justices sat longer upon the Supreme Court than Joseph McKenna, the son of an Irish […]