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Decision , decision •abrasion, Australasian, equation, Eurasian, evasion, invasion, occasion, persuasion, pervasion, suasion, Vespasian •adhesion, cohesion, Fri… United States Supreme Court , The U.S. Supreme Court is the nation's highest judicial body. It leads the judiciary, the branch of government responsible for resolving legal disput… Overrule , o·ver·rule / ˌōvərˈroōl/ • v. [tr.] reject or disallow by exercising one's superior authority: the Supreme Court overruled the lower court. ∎ reject… State Courts , Judicial tribunals established by each of the fifty states.
Each of the fifty state court systems in the United States operates independently under t… Martin V Hunters Lessee , Martin v. Hunter'S Lessee
The framing of the U.S. Constitution came after the articles of confederation failed to create a viable national government… Stare Decisis , [Latin, Let the decision stand.] The policy of courts to abide by or adhere to principles established by decisions in earlier cases.
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