Of all of the strategies judges can use when they dislike a higher court’s policy decision, ____ is used the most rarely.
a. defiance
b. avoiding having to apply the policy by declaring a portion of the higher court decision to be dicta
c. applying the policy as narrowly as possible
d. ruling that a precedent is not controlling because of factual differences between the higher court case and the one before the lower court
a. defiance
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The executive is the supreme power in a parliamentary system
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In the Judiciary Act of 1801, quickly passed in the ending days of the John Adams Administration, Congress decreased the number of Supreme Court justices to _____
a. three b. four c. five d. six
The chief obstacle to ratification of the Constitution by the states was
A) the omission of a bill of rights. B) its failure to abolish slavery. C) the power it granted to tax. D) the lack of court structure below the Supreme Court. E) inclusion of the plural executive.
Look at the following figure. Is Figure A or Figure B most consistent with the survival story?
a.
b.
