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| Tax courts and bankruptcy courts are examples of | courts of limited jurisdiction |
| The most likely occupational position of a Supreme Court nominee before nomination is | federal judgeship |
| Federal courts have jurisdiction | when there is both a federal question and diversity of citizenship in the case. |
| The power of the courts to determine whether a law or action by the other branches of government is constitutional is called | judicial review |
| The doctrine of stare decisis means | to stand on the decided cases |
| Strict construction means | attempting to follow the "letter of the law." |
| The authority of a court to hear and decide a particular class of cases is known as | jurisdiction |
| A justiciable controversy is | a controversy that is real and substantial as opposed to hypothetical or academic. |
| The reasoning upon which a court ruling was based is | the opinion |
| A writ of certiorari by the Supreme Court orders | a lower court to send it the record of a case for review |
| When all Supreme Court justices agree to an opinion, it is known as a ____ opinion | unanimous |
| The United States has a dual court system. There are_______. | state courts and federal courts. |
| A dissenting opinion can be important because | it often forms the basis of the arguments used later to reverse a previous decision and set a new precedent. |
| The Supreme Court can review a state supreme court decision | only if a federal question is involved |
| Each state has at least one | federal district court |
| All of the following are true of the classification of detainees as enemy combatants, except | the United States Supreme Court has upheld the classification of detainees as enemy combatants. |
| In the twenty-first century, Senate Republicans implemented a policy that | members of the opposition party, the Democrats, would not be allowed to invoke senatorial courtesy. |
| To engage in legal proceedings or seek relief in a court of law is to | litigate |
| Usually appellate courts look at questions of | law |
| An issue that the court believes should be decided by the executive or legislative branch is a | political question. |
