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Of the approximately seven thousand petitions presented to the U.S. Supreme Court each year, the justices agree to hear only ____ on the merits.
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[removed] | four thousand | |
[removed] | two thousand | |
[removed] | a few hundred | |
[removed] | fifty |
Which of the following best describes small-group analysis?
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[removed] | Because Supreme Court justices receive so many petitions for review each year, they must look for readily identifiable characteristics that trigger a positive response as they decide whether to grant certiorari. | |
[removed] | Justices want to influence the judgments of their colleagues and to be on the winning side as often as possible. | |
[removed] | Justices view cases primarily in terms of the broad political and socioeconomic issues they raise and they generally respond to these issues in accordance with their personal values and attitudes. | |
[removed] | A good deal of interaction takes place among the justices from the time a case is first discussed in conference to the moment the final decision is rendered. |
The Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution overturned
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[removed] | Chisholm v. Georgia (dealing with suits against a state in federal court). | |
[removed] | Scott v. Sanford (dealing with the legality of slavery). | |
[removed] | Pollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Co. (pertaining to the constitutionality of the income tax). | |
[removed] | Oregon v. Mitchell (pertaining to the right to vote on the basis of age). |
The ____ has the primary responsibility for setting the agenda of the conference and traditionally is the first to offer an opinion about each case.
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[removed] | most junior justice on the Supreme Court | |
[removed] | chief justice of the United States | |
[removed] | oldest justice on the Supreme Court | |
[removed] | most senior justice in the majority |
Of all of the strategies judges can use when they dislike a higher court's policy decision, ____ is used the most rarely.
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[removed] | defiance | |
[removed] | avoiding having to apply the policy by declaring a portion of the higher court decision to be dicta | |
[removed] | applying the policy as narrowly as possible | |
[removed] | ruling that a precedent is not controlling because of factual differences between the higher court case and the one before the lower court |
Which of the following statements is not accurate?
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[removed] | At times, the executive branch may be called on directly to implement a judicial decision. | |
[removed] | The appointment power gives the president an opportunity to influence federal judicial policies. | |
[removed] | A president, simply by his words and actions, may encourage support for, or resistance to, a new judicial policy. | |
[removed] | The U.S attorneys are in a position to influence judicial policymaking, because they determine which of the cases involving the federal government as a party will be appealed to the Supreme Court. |
Which of the following statements is not accurate?
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[removed] | When a court interprets a federal statute in a way that differs from what a majority in Congress intended, there is nothing Congress can do. | |
[removed] | A constitutional interpretation of the U.S. Supreme Court can be overturned by an amendment to the U.S. Constitution. | |
[removed] | Bills may be introduced in Congress to limit or remove the federal courts' jurisdiction in certain types of cases. | |
[removed] | Federal judges may be impeached and removed from office by Congress. |
Which of the following statements is not accurate?
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[removed] | Policies established by collegial courts are often ambiguous because the majority opinion is written to accommodate several judges. | |
[removed] | One way lower court judges become aware of upper-court decisions is to hear of them from lawyers presenting cases in the lower courts. |
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