SENATE
Q. What are the 3 parts of Congress?
Legislative—Makes laws (Congress, comprised of the House of Representatives and Senate) Executive—Carries out laws (president, vice president, Cabinet, most federal agencies) Judicial—Evaluates laws (Supreme Court and other courts)
Table of Contents
- Q. What are the 3 parts of Congress?
- Q. What is Congress made up of?
- Q. What does Article 3 say about the Supreme Court?
- Q. Is justice delayed is justice denied?
- Q. What is an example of justice too long delayed is justice denied?
- Q. Who says justice delayed is justice denied?
- Q. What is the reason for delay in justice?
- Q. Does law give justice every time?
- Q. Why is there no justice in India?
- Q. What is meant by justice is blind?
- Q. Why is Justice not blind?
- Q. Is justice truly blind?
- Q. What figurative language is justice is blind?
Q. What is Congress made up of?
Established by Article I of the Constitution, the Legislative Branch consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate, which together form the United States Congress.
Q. What does Article 3 say about the Supreme Court?
Article III, Section I states that “The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.” Although the Constitution establishes the Supreme Court, it permits Congress to decide how to organize it.
Q. Is justice delayed is justice denied?
“Justice delayed is justice denied” is a legal maxim meaning that if a legal remedy is available for a party that has suffered some injury, but is not forthcoming promptly, it is effectively the same as having no remedy at all.
Q. What is an example of justice too long delayed is justice denied?
It has several possible origins, one of which is the Magna Carta, clause 40 which reads “To no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay, right or justice”. The case of Professor Cyril Karabus, detained in Dubai for the past five months, is an egregious example of justice delayed.
Q. Who says justice delayed is justice denied?
William E. Gladstone
Q. What is the reason for delay in justice?
a) The hopelessly inadequate number of judges and also courts in the country is undoubtedly one of the major reasons for such delay. b) If the inadequate number of judges is one reason behind delay in judicial process another reason is the incompetence and inefficiency of judges.
Q. Does law give justice every time?
Man is not made for law, but the law is for man. The expression “Access to justice” focuses on the following two basic purposes of the legal system: The system must provide access to all.
Q. Why is there no justice in India?
India has 14,576 judges as against the sanctioned strength of 17,641 including 630 High Court Judges. This works out to a ratio of 10.5 judges per million populations, Justice Rao said. The law states The Supreme Court can punish anyone who is found to indulge in contempt of the court.
Q. What is meant by justice is blind?
This expression means that justice is impartial and objective. There is an allusion here to the Greek statue for justice, wearing a blindfold so as not to treat friends differently from strangers, or rich people better than the poor ones.
Q. Why is Justice not blind?
For example, atop the Old Bailey courthouse in London, a statue of Lady Justice stands without a blindfold; the courthouse brochures explain that this is because Lady Justice was originally not blindfolded, and because her “maidenly form” is supposed to guarantee her impartiality which renders the blindfold redundant.
Q. Is justice truly blind?
Is justice blind? Not really. But justice suffers from a severe visual disease where the one color that affects what it sees is the color green, the color of money. Americans suffer from a justice system that harms the poor in an inordinate fashion.
Q. What figurative language is justice is blind?
Figurative Language
Question | Answer |
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Justice is blind and, at times, deaf. | metaphor |
The little baby was as cute as a button. | simile |
The floorboards groaned under my feet. | personification |
My mom just hit the sack. | idiom |