Exam 13: The Courts

A) are courts of intermediate appellate courts.
B) have final appellate jurisdiction to review cases.
C) are the state courts.
D) are the trial courts of the federal system.
E) are courts of limited jurisdiction.

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A) they have the opportunity to veto judicial nominations.
B) they help to fund the judicial review board.
C) Madison stipulated their role in Federalist #10.
D) they bring to trial cases of discrimination, civil liberties cases, and more than a third of cases involving business matters.
E) they frequently are defendants in class-action suits.

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A) Five
B) Six
C) Seven
D) Eight
E) Nine

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A) specifies penalties to employers for discriminating based on gender.
B) resets the statue of limitations for filing an equal-pay lawsuit each time an employer issues a discriminatory paycheck.
C) reaffirms the decision in the Supreme Court case, Ledbetter v. Goodyear.
D) defines fair pay standards for different job classifications.
E) was passed in response to employers dismissing female employees when becoming pregnant.

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A) is sent to the supreme court of the state in question.
B) is sent back to the court that originally heard the case.
C) can only be of a civil nature-criminal cases cannot be remanded.
D) must be decided within the calendar year.
E) is not subject to any further action by the courts.

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A) had ease in getting his judicial candidates approved by the Senate.
B) had difficulty in getting his judicial candidates approved by the Senate.
C) had ease in getting his judicial candidates approved by the House of Representatives.
D) had difficulty in getting his judicial candidates approved by the House of Representatives.
E) had difficulty finding qualified candidates for judicial appointments.

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A) Congress passed legislation that said prisoners' challenges to their detention would be reviewed by military commissions.
B) new measures passed by Congress to restrict the federal courts' jurisdiction over detainees were declared illegal.
C) the Obama administration abolished the category of enemy combatant in 2009.
D) President Obama claimed in May 2009 the right to detain certain accused terrorists held at Guantánamo indefinitely without trial, possibly in a prison on the mainland.
E) All of the above are true.

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A) administrative regulations.
B) criminal law.
C) judicial maxims.
D) common law.
E) statutory law.

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A) plays a minor role in decisions made by the courts.
B) includes judicial interpretations of common law principles and doctrines.
C) includes interpretations of constitutional provisions, statues, and administrative agency.
D) rules are determined by the president and Congress.
E) Options B and C are true.

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A) increased dramatically since the early 1950s.
B) hovered around 150 cases since the mid-1980s.
C) remained constant since the Civil War.
D) dropped significantly since the 1980s.
E) increased fifty percent after George W. Bush became president.

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A) serve lifetime terms.
B) are appointed by the president.
C) may be impeached and removed from office.
D) are approved by the Senate.
E) All the above are true.

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A) if there is disagreement between how different lower courts decided the legal question.
B) if a lower court's ruling conflicts with a previous ruling by the Supreme Court.
C) if the Court determines the issue has significance beyond the parties in the dispute.
D) if the solicitor general, representing the president, requests that the Court hear the case.
E) All of the above are factors that the Supreme Court considers.

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A) issue warrants without revealing the information used to justify the warrant.
B) deprive American citizens of their citizenship.
C) rule laws enacted by Congress to be unconstitutional.
D) strike certain provisions from the Constitution.
E) direct the president to take certain actions in order to protect national security.

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A) decide on the case but not give an opinion.
B) refuse to hear a case.
C) grant a mistrial.
D) hear the case.
E) return it to the state court.

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A) people have the ability to vote federal judges out of office if they do not approve of the rulings of the courts.
B) the public may pressure elected officials not to enforce an unpopular ruling.
C) the Supreme Court typically polls the public as a basis for their decisions.
D) the president will veto a Supreme Court decision if it is politically unpopular.
E) Congress will override a decision of the Supreme Court with a majority vote in both houses.

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A) French philosophy regarding the rights of man.
B) the Bible.
C) the English common law tradition.
D) Roman law.
E) the writings of Thomas Jefferson.

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A) rules and principles announced in court decisions.
B) the authority of a court to hear and decide a particular class of cases.
C) the constitutionality of a law.
D) statutory law.
E) the common law.

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