Which of the following statements is not accurate?

a. Judicial review is one of the features that set American courts apart from those in other countries.
b. As a policymaker, the Supreme Court has no self-starting device. The justices must wait for problems to be brought to them; there can be no judicial policymaking if there is no litigation.
c. The Supreme Court is overwhelmingly an appellate court because most of its time is devoted to reviewing decisions of lower courts.
d. Since 1925, the Supreme Court has been required to issue a writ of certiorari in all of the cases that come to it; the Court no longer has discretion in deciding which cases it should review.


d. Since 1925, the Supreme Court has been required to issue a writ of certiorari in all of the cases that come to it; the Court no longer has discretion in deciding which cases it should review.

Political Science

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A)cut funding for programs created by the president B)eliminate the executive branch C)fire the president's chief of staff D)reduce the president's salary

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a. the Department of Defense b. the U.S. House of Representatives c. the U.S. Supreme Court d. the Democratic Party

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