Question 1

A litigant may appeal a district court verdict if

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A)  ​they lose and are unhappy with that outcome.
B)  ​the case is of significant public interest.
C)  ​another person was believed to be as guilty as the person convicted by the court, but was not charged and tried.
D)  ​rulings made by the judge during the trial are at odds with supreme court precedent.
E)  the defendant was from a different state than the person making the complaint.

Question 2

Most cases reach the U.S.Supreme Court through its __________ jurisdiction.

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A)  appellate
B)  concurrent
C)  original
D)  secondary
E)  spatial

Question 3

Of all cases filed by litigants,_____ percent are filed in state courts rather than federal courts.​

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A)  ​5
B)  ​25
C)  ​50
D)  ​75
E)  ​95

Question 4

Judicial interpretation of the law means that judges,in effect,

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A)  make policy.
B)  are truly independent.
C)  are not influenced by their own individual values and beliefs.
D)  will rarely disagree when writing their opinions.
E)  All of these choices are true.

Question 5

According to Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No.78,the power of judicial review

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A)  was an essential barrier to legislative oppression.
B)  violates the principle of checks and balances.
C)  is inconsistent with the Constitution.
D)  is inherently antidemocratic.
E)  implies the ability of the Supreme Court to usurp the power of other branches.

Question 6

Describe Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren's tactics in convincing all of his fellow Supreme Court justices to rule unanimously that public school segregation was unconstitutional in the Brown v.Board of Education case.

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Question 7

To determine how a statute should be applied,judges look for the legislature's intent,reading reports of committee hearings and debates,and this is known as

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A)  judicial review.
B)  statutory construction.
C)  Roman legal tradition.
D)  the rule of four.
E)  parliamentary review.

Question 8

Discuss judicial activism and judicial restraint,and explain what role political ideology plays,if any,in whether an opinion is considered to be representative of either.

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Question 9

Supreme Court cases must

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A)  pass through district courts.
B)  involve a constitutional issue.
C)  resolve a dispute between different state laws.
D)  begin in state courts.
E)  raise a federal question.

Question 10

With its ruling in the case Marbury v.Madison,the U.S.Supreme Court established

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A)  the right of federal courts to hear state disputes.
B)  the power of Congress to create additional federal courts.
C)  the authority of the president to use a line-item veto on appropriations.
D)  that state courts could not apply federal laws.
E)  that the courts could review laws to determine whether they conflicted with the Constitution.

Question 11

Explain the difference between the Supreme Court's original and appellate jurisdiction.

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Question 12

Which justice famously wrote in the Marbury v.Madison decision,"It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is"?

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A)  Thomas Jefferson
B)  John Jay
C)  Oliver Ellsworth
D)  John Marshall
E)  James Madison

Question 13

One critical thing to remember about such terms as activism and restraint is that they are

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A)  the creations of members of Congress.
B)  irrelevant to models of democracy.
C)  excellent predictors of judicial decisions.
D)  not tied to any particular ideology.
E)  generally static in meaning.

Question 14

The current justice most likely to cast the "deciding vote" in a 5-4 split Supreme Court case is

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A)  Clarence Thomas.
B)  Ruth Ginsburg.
C)  Anthony Kennedy.
D)  John Roberts.
E)  Stephen Breyer.

Question 15

To appeal means to

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A)  make a plea on national television.
B)  take a case to a higher court.
C)  submit a "friend of the court" brief.
D)  argue a case before a judge or a court.
E)  ask for a reduction in the sentence imposed.

Question 16

When judges adjudicate cases and present explanations justifying their rulings,they publish them in the form of

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A)  writs.
B)  precedents.
C)  opinions.
D)  briefs.
E)  treatises.

Question 17

​The view that judges should generally defer to the decisions of elected officials in their decisions is known as

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A)  ​stare decisis.
B)  ​​judicial restraint.
C)  amicus curiae.
D)  ​solicitation​.
E)  judicial activism.

Question 18

Criminal offenses such as arson,theft,and murder are almost always the sole responsibility of which entity?

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A)  The state
B)  The federal system
C)  The appellate system
D)  The district or local level
E)  Both the local and federal system equally

Question 19

Whether or not the Supreme Court should permit flag burning as a form of political protest can be seen as a tradeoff between

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A)  freedom and order.
B)  freedom and equality.
C)  equality and order.
D)  freedom and pluralism.
E)  majoritarianism and order.

Question 20

Discuss what factors tend to make an oral argument before the Supreme Court more successful.

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