PO101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Consociationalism, Autonomous Communities Of Spain, Cooperative Federalism
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Po101 lecture 8: each justice has lifetime tenure, meaning they remain on the court until they resign, die or are removed form office. When a vacancy occurs, the president, with the advice and consent of the senate appoints a new justice: each justice has a single vote in deciding the cases argued before it. Some of the most influential supreme court decisions: plessy v. ferguson 1896, brown v. board of education 1954, roe v. wade 1973, dred scott v. sanford 1857. Justices equated money to speech a this struck down the provisions of previously established legislation that limited corporations and unions from spending money on ads in the lead up to an election. Federalism vs unitarianism (november 7th, 2019) central vs federal government. Central government (constitutional supremacy): regional bodies, local governments. For centralization: unity, uniformity equality, prosperity. The greatest possible measure of decentralization in the unitary state: spain.