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  2. New Federalism - Wikipedia

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    New Federalism is a political philosophy of devolution, or the transfer of certain powers from the United States federal government back to the states.The primary objective of New Federalism, unlike that of the eighteenth-century political philosophy of Federalism, is the restoration of some of the autonomy and power, which individual states had lost to the federal government as a result of ...

  3. Commonwealth v. Matos - Wikipedia

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    It is a part of a family of state case law concerning the phenomenon of "new judicial federalism." [ 1 ] Pennsylvania criminal defense attorneys may cite the case as part of a motion to suppress physical evidence where the defendant discards drugs, weapons, or other contraband while fleeing police.

  4. Federalism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Many of the ideas of New Federalism originated with Richard Nixon. [29] New Federalism, which is characterized by a gradual return of power to the states, was initiated by President Ronald Reagan (1981–89) with his "devolution revolution" in the early 1980s and lasted until 2001. Previously, the federal government had granted money to the ...

  5. Federal judiciary of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Other doctrines, such as the abstention doctrine and the Rooker–Feldman doctrine limit the power of lower federal courts to disturb rulings made by state courts. The Erie doctrine requires federal courts to apply substantive state law to claims arising from state law (which may be heard in federal courts under supplemental or diversity ...

  6. Federal government of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Judiciary Act of 1789 subdivided the nation jurisdictionally into judicial districts and created federal courts for each district. The three tiered structure of this act established the basic structure of the national judiciary: the Supreme Court, 13 courts of appeals, 94 district courts, and two courts of special jurisdiction.

  7. Federalist Society - Wikipedia

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    The society's views are more closely associated with the general meaning of Federalism (particularly the New Federalism) and the content of the Federalist Papers than with the later Federalist Party. The society's initial 1982 conference was funded, at a cost of $25,000, by the Institute for Educational Affairs. [13]

  8. Trump deputizes thousands of federal agents to arrest ... - AOL

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    Those agencies have their own missions, including fighting drugs and weapons trafficking and protecting federal judges and judicial facilities. ... S&P 500 closes at a new record, Dow jumps 400 ...

  9. Judicial Vesting Clause - Wikipedia

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    The Judicial Vesting Clause (Article III, Section 1, Clause 1) of the United States Constitution bestows the judicial power of the United States federal government to the Supreme Court of the United States and in the inferior courts of the federal judiciary of the United States. [1]