POSC 20403 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Amicus Curiae, Political Question, Scottsboro Boys
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Gideon: succeed in taking case to supreme court, 51-year-old rambler, convicted in a state court of breaking into the bay harbor poolroom in panama city, In and out of jail for most of his life. Court: guide to prospective indigent petitioners for writ of certiorari = primary concern of court is to decide cases presenting issues of importance beyond the particular facts and parties involved not to correct errors in lower courts. Article iii: provides that all judicial power extends to all federal questions, court has original jurisdiction over specific kinds of cases or controversies -> those affecting ambassadors, other public ministers, and counsels involving disputes to which. Us is a party: states suing states over land or water rights. Indigents except from filing fees and particular colors and lengths of paper: certiorari petitions = white, opposing briefs = orange, reply to response = tan, petitioner"s brief = light blue, respondent = red, document by fed.
