A) Charles Evans Hughes.
B) Hugo Black.
C) Clarence Thomas.
D) John Marshall.
E) Benjamin Cardozo.
G) B) and C)
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A) judicial activism
B) judicial restraint
C) judicial legitimacy
D) appellate jurisdiction
E) judicial executive power
G) C) and E)
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A) circuit court of appeal.
B) highest level of the state courts.
C) district court.
D) justice of the peace.
E) supreme judicial tribunal.
G) B) and D)
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A) Sandra Day O'Connor
B) John Stevens
C) Earl Warren
D) Louis Brandeis
E) David Souter
G) All of the above
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A) in response to actual legal cases.
B) in cases where the U.S. government is one of the parties involved in the dispute.
C) on cases heard previously by a state court and appealed by the losing party.
D) in cases where the U.S. government is one of the parties involved in the dispute, and where the cases were heard previously by a state court and appealed by the losing party.
E) None of these answers is correct.
G) B) and C)
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A) make political decisions; judges can overturn any congressional or presidential decision they personally dislike.
B) decide which laws apply to a particular case.
C) ignore public opinion when making decisions.
D) invalidate the actions of other institutions when judges believe they have acted unconstitutionally.
E) strike down certain sections of the Constitution.
G) B) and C)
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A) are, although much greater in number, irrelevant to a president's policy agenda.
B) are not subject to partisan consideration.
C) have typically involved nominees who held elective office, particularly a seat in the U.S. Senate.
D) are not subject to senatorial courtesy.
E) None of these answers is correct.
G) C) and D)
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A) has discretionary jurisdiction over all cases arising in the state system.
B) is the only one with appellate courts.
C) is the only one based on the constitutional doctrine of the separation of powers.
D) is the only one that has judges who are appointed to office.
E) None of these answers is correct.
G) A) and C)
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A) When part of the majority, the chief justice decides which justice will write the majority opinion.
B) A concurring opinion is a view written by a justice who votes with the majority and agrees with its reasoning.
C) A dissenting opinion is an opinion of a judge who votes against the majority.
D) Attorneys who argue a case before the Supreme Court operate under strict time limits.
E) The Court has broad standards in choosing the cases it will hear.
G) None of the above
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A) original jurisdiction
B) certiorari
C) a per curiam decision
D) a writ of error
E) mandamus
G) A) and D)
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A) invalidated the use of union money in federal election campaigns.
B) lifted restrictions in corporate and union spending in federal election campaigns.
C) placed restrictions on the amounts that individuals can donate to federal election campaigns.
D) placed limits on the amounts that corporations can donate to federal election campaigns.
E) eliminated the provision for matching federal campaign funds in presidential elections.
G) B) and C)
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A) writ of certiorari.
B) landmark decision.
C) writ of mandamus.
D) precedent.
E) writ of error.
G) B) and E)
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A) as the first instance of the court ruling on a state matter.
B) as the first use of judicial activism.
C) for the establishment of judicial review.
D) as the first instance of the Court ruling on a disagreement between states.
E) as the Court's first non-majority opinion.
G) C) and D)
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A) explains the chief justice's position on a case.
B) is a separate view written by a justice who votes with the majority but disagrees with its reasoning.
C) is delivered when the Court interprets a constitutional issue.
D) is delivered when at least two justices, but less than a majority, hold the same opinion in a case.
E) explains why the Court accepted the case in the first place.
G) C) and D)
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A) Ronald Reagan
B) Jimmy Carter
C) Richard Nixon
D) Lyndon Johnson
E) Dwight Eisenhower
G) A) and B)
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A) defer to precedent and to decisions made by legislature.
B) deny most appeals for retrials.
C) deny individual rights when they conflict with the majority's desires.
D) decline to make any decision that requires judges to give added meaning to the words of the Constitution.
E) conform to the will of the people as measured by public opinion polls.
G) C) and E)
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A) meant, in effect, that they will serve until they die or choose to retire.
B) provided them the opportunity to carry out their duties without immediate fear of reprisal by the president or Congress.
C) enabled presidents to influence judicial policy through their appointments long after leaving the White House.
D) had all these effects: Federal judges and justices serve, effectively, until they die or choose to retire; they are provided the opportunity to carry out their duties without immediate fear of reprisal by the president or Congress; and presidents are able to influence judicial policy through their appointments long after leaving the White House.
E) None of these answers is correct.
G) B) and E)
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