HIST 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Plessy V. Ferguson, Protestantism, Fifth Amendment To The United States Constitution
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Florida death penalty: supreme court of us is known as scotus, death penalty is fl is declared unconstitutional by senate, death penalty is a 2 step process (for states with this penalty, 1. 1/27: the best power a judge has is comment (to hold someone in jail) Umcj: court for military, get a choice in jury of peers or all officers. Social security disability: usually takes 3 times to get accepted, 3rd time appears before administrative law judge. Probate court (not on test: judges don"t have to be lawyers, elected/allowed to run on parish ticket, usually big companies don"t follow through with claims. Juvenile court: chief judge elected, cobb county has a magistrate on duty 24/7, all state judges are elected, only chief magistrate is elected (the rest are appointed) Due process: functions as limitation on government, 1. Electric chair: head and ankle shaved, mask in case eyes pop out, sponge in helmet soaked in saline solution (conducts electricity)
