The separation means the Government cannot set up a state sponsored church. Much like that of Great Britan of which the King/Queen is the head of the church. Religion is alive and well in Government here and abroad. And Congress starts every working day with a prayer.
Popular vote does not guarantee becoming President. The Electorial College is the body that elects the President. IT has happened a few times in the history of the country.
Overview of Supreme Court’s cert. before judgment practice
With Virginia seeking to bypass the court of appeals in its bid to overturn the new federal health-care law, we look at the rules governing cert. before judgment and the Court’s past uses of the procedure.
Virginia’s plans to ask the Court to immediately review the constitutionality of the federal health-care overhaul legislation, as well as Justice Ginsburg’s recent statements suggesting that such a request is unlikely to succeed, are bringing attention to an obscure Supreme Court procedure called “certiorari before judgment.” For those wanting to handicap Virginia’s chances at skipping over the court of appeals, we thought it might be helpful to examine the rules governing such requests and the Court’s past exercise of that power.
Under 28 U.S.C. § 2101(e), the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to accept a petition for certiorari “at any time before judgment,” once a case has been docketed in the court of appeals. Supreme Court Rule 11, however, warns that such petitions will be granted “only upon a showing that the case is of such imperative public importance as to justify deviation from normal appellate practice and to require immediate determination in this Court.”
The Court has been true to its word, granting cert. before judgment in only a handful of cases over the past seventy-five years. A few generalities can be made:
The ship drove by about 20 yards from the iceberg and it just sat there and watched. One of the most beautiful sites to see. If I'd had a better camera it could have gotten a closer shot.
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RE: MIBARAK RESIGNED
Take your crap else where SB.