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    interpretive writing assignments of pretentious middle school students in an introductory art class. At the very least, they certainly do not invoke the feelings associated with rational conceptions of what they describe in reality: districts across ordinary towns in the United States. More sensibly, one could delegate responsibility for these frighteningly amorphous and visually unappealing figures to the contrived workings of legislatures, yet a certain degree of accountability ought to be attributed to

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    obscure redistricting plan ahead of the 1812 elections that helped Republicans hold on to power in the legislature. One of the redistricted districts that primarily consisted of a one party defendant was shaped as a salamander, which later gave rise to this political term (Keck, 2010). The term relates to the drawing of the boundaries of electoral districts in a way that gives one party an unfair advantage over its rivals, which gives rise to the disproportionate representation of Democratic and

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    Congressional Committees and Healthcare Policy (Chapter Review) An important point made in Weissert and Weissert concerning Congress and its committee structure is that the majority of the work in Congress is done through committees. They perform the majority of research on issues and possible solutions, get legislation written, re-written and amended, and support it as it moves through Congress and finally gets passed. They are the “workhorses of the legislature” (Weissert and Weissert, 29).

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    A Brief History of the Creation of the Federal District Courts of Ohio Roberta Alexander, author of a comprehensive history of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, described the role of the district courts this way: The district courts have evolved from local tribunals dealing with minor infractions and land disputes into courts of tremendous significance dealing with essentially every major issue confronting society: equal rights and equal opportunities in the political

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    also have access to a lot of resources once they’ve established a strong support system. For example, voter catalogs and contact information. The catalog consists of all parties who are registered to vote, the party they favor, telephone number and district. It is vital and big deal for candidates to have this information because they can contact and pursue those to vote for them. Not everyone incumbent or candidate is fortunate to acquire this information. Finally, amongst all the other advantages

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    For the reasons stated in Part II(A), supra, Avpro enters this discovery dispute with a distinct advantage due to its status as a non-party. Independent of its status as a non-party, the electronic discovery that 50NL seeks from Avpro would otherwise be undiscoverable because Avpro’s need for the discovery does not outweigh the burden and cost of locating, retrieving, and producing the information. Md. Rule 2-402(b)(2). Moreover, the fact that 50NL’s need for the requested discovery is de minimis

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    competition. The district court held that the electronic links between the defendant, who lived in Texas, and Ohio, where CompuServe is located, were not enough to support personal jurisdiction. The district court also denied CompuServe’s motion for reconsideration. Because The Court of Appeals believed, that CompuServe made a display of prima facie that the defendants contacts were substantial enough to support the exercise pf personal jurisdiction, the court reversed the district court’s dismissal

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    jurisdiction. The reason that a lawyer familiar with that particular United States (US) district court, from herein referred to as districts; will need to be hired, is due to the differences in the local rules throughout the districts. To summarize David Canfield (2012), several states have adopted new civil procedures since the 2006 Amendments that may be incorporated in the Federal rules for future amendments (Canfield, 2012, p.p. 1-2). “District judges play an active role in tailoring e-discovery needs to

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    In the United States Government, there are three levels of the federal court system: District courts, Courts of Appeal, and the Supreme Court. District courts were created after the Judiciary Act of 1789, and consist of federal trial courts that do not cross state lines. They can use original jurisdiction on some cases if they involve a federal government as a party, present a federal based question, or involve civil suits with citizens. The United States attorney, who is nominated by the President

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    earning of her partner’s accident, Karen rushed to the hospital to discover Sharon’s fate. There, medical staff rebuffed her entreaties for information pursuant to hospital regulations providing that only designated “family” members could receive information about patients.3 Because she was not a “family” member, Karen was prevented from knowing whether her beloved partner was living or dying.4 Prejudice continued from an unlikely quarter. Preceding the accident, relations between Karen and

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