Why do the branches matter?
On Thursday afternoon, when a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, unanimously, against President Donald Trump, it emphasized that it was well aware that courts "owed substantial deference" to the executive branch on matters of immigration and national security.
The U.S. suit was ultimately dismissed on the grounds that the judiciary can't, in most circumstances, overrule the executive branch on matters of military and foreign policy.
"The music branch, no matter what they do with the rules, keeps getting confounded," said Marc Shaiman, who has earned Oscar nominations for his scoring of "The American President," "Patch Adams" and "The First Wives Club".
The indictment was announced a few hours after Mr. Danforth released his final report on the Branch Davidian matter, which concluded that federal officials were not responsible for starting the fire on April 19 , 1993 that killed some 80 members of the sect.
Political scientists opt for objective criteria, saying that anytime judges strike down statutes or policy decisions by elected branches — no matter how uncontroversial their reasons — is an instance of "activism".
"Branches still matter, because consumers say they do.
The court acted within its authority, the judge said, since it is the "exclusive function" of the state's judicial branch to decide matters pertaining to the Massachusetts Constitution.
Gina M. Talamona, a spokeswoman for the United States Justice Department, and Rob Levine, acting senior competition law officer in the criminal matters branch of Canada's Competition Bureau, confirmed that their offices were involved in the investigation, according to Bloomberg News.
