PS 3115 Lecture 4: 1_24 Judicial Process
17 Feb 2019
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Issue of same-sex marriage is an example. States can always provide more rights than required by law. Court connected: the court can send you there. Done in mi with divorce and custody law. Advances in medicine have helped many people in mental health courts. Both prosecutors and defense attorneys can make recommendations for therapeutic jurisprudence. Some prosecutors are assigned to treatment courts. Judges have to volunteer to be in treatment courts. Rehabilitation efforts are funded by the state and usually have community partners. In mi, is called michigan state court administrative office. Approximately 98% of all cases are heard in state court. Types of cases each court can hear. Regards federal law, treaties, and the constitution. Original jurisdiction (where the case starts) in federal and criminal cases. Local us attorney has reason to believe us penal code is violated. Expansion of executive rights, limiting constitutional protections. Example: the patriot act, the detaining of japanese people during wwii.
