POSC 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Fokker E.Ii, Amicus Curiae, Hubert Humphrey
24 Apr 2016
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Reforms is presidential nominations: 1968 convention a. i. Open warfare" inside and outside: mcgovern-fraser commission b. i. New system in democratic party for nominating presidential candidates b. ii. Open, timely and representative b. v. republicans adopted similar system but with more winner-take-all: primaries decisive c. i. Conventions usually obsolete but still important for other reasons c. ii. Mostly patching up party divisions, launching general election c. iii. This year, gop convention could be where nominee is chosen. Inferior courts to be established by congress from time to time b. Judiciary act of 1789 (passed by 1st congress) b. i. Congress created three-layer system: district courts (94) c. i. Starting point for most cases in federal system: courts of appeals (13) or circuit courts d. i. 11 geographic circuits (regions) + d. c. + nationwide d. ii. No trials instead, review written record: supreme court court of final appeal on cases from: e. i. Supreme court/case selection: federal courts authorized to hear certain types of cases a. i.
