POSC – Lecture 5
The reason we are reading cases is that we are trying to distill what the law
is.
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Martin V. Lessee
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Cohen brothers case
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Even though we haven’t briefed them, those 2 WILL be on
test.
Doctrines of Justiciabilty
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Gatekeeper provision.
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Common law doctrines that stop cases from being heard in the
court system.
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Why would we have doctrines of justiciability?
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Preserve judicial resources.
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Separation of powers and Checks and balances
There has to a preservation of these two doctrines. You
don’t want the court to start resolving everything. Our
system is build upon the premise that every branch of
govt has its own duty.
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Designed to ensure that the court only addresses the best
cases to resolve the issue.
Better for precedent.
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Designed to promote fairness.
Originalism (AKA Interpretation) – Judges are limited to the text of the
constitution or the intent of the framers of the constitution.
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Anything beyond that is beyond the judicial prerogative.
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- Fall '07
- Auerbach
- Separation of Powers, Supreme Court of the United States, Frothingham v. Mellon
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