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Under section 21(1)(a)(i) of the Act, accused persons found in possession of over 150 grams of dagga were presumed guilty of dealing in dagga unless their innocence was proved in court. Handing down a unanimous judgment on 29 November 1995, Justice Kate O'Regan held that this provision violated the presumption of innocence and therefore the ...
The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 1995, the first year of the court's existence.. The eleven members of the court appointed at its formation were President Arthur Chaskalson, Deputy President Ismail Mahomed, and judges Lourens Ackermann, John Didcott, Richard Goldstone, Johann Kriegler, Pius Langa, Tholie Madala, Yvonne Mokgoro, Kate O ...
The state appealed the decision and the case is set to be heard in the constitutional court in November 2017. The Dagga Couple applied in October of the same year to be enlisted as friends of the court to assist Prince and Acton with Clarke stating "The case brought by Prince and Acton was unique in that the matter is one of significant public ...
The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2013.. The members of the court at the start of 2013 were Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke, and judges Edwin Cameron, Johan Froneman, Chris Jafta, Sisi Khampepe, Bess Nkabinde, Thembile Skweyiya, Johann van der Westhuizen, Zak Yacoob and Raymond Zondo.
Congress violates the separation of powers principle when it orders federal courts to reopen their final judgments. Clinton v. City of New York, 524 U.S. 417 (1998) The Line Item Veto Act is unconstitutional because it allows the President to amend or repeal parts of statutes without the pre-approval of Congress.
A constitutional court is a high court that deals primarily with constitutional law. Its main authority is to rule on whether laws that are challenged are in fact unconstitutional , i.e. whether they conflict with constitutionally established rules, rights, and freedoms, among other things.
The table below lists the judgments of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered in 2017. The members of the court at the start of 2017 were Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng and judges Edwin Cameron , Johan Froneman , Chris Jafta , Sisi Khampepe , Mbuyiseli Madlanga , Nonkosi Mhlantla , Bess Nkabinde and Raymond Zondo .
Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, 582 U.S. 449 (2017), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a Missouri program that denied a grant to a religious school for playground resurfacing, while providing grants to similarly situated non-religious groups, violated the freedom of religion guaranteed by the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to ...