How many Supreme Court justices must agree to hear a case in order for it to be granted "certiorari"?
a. All nine justices must agree
b. Four of the nine justices must concur to hear a case
c. A simple majority is needed
d. The Chief Justice plus two others must agree
b. Four of the nine justices must concur to hear a case
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a. Only some countries have a comparative advantage; everyone has an absolute advantage. b. Everyone has a comparative advantage; only some countries have an absolute advantage. c. Only those countries that have an absolute advantage have a comparative advantage. d. Only those countries that have a comparative advantage have an absolute advantage.
In _____, the Supreme Court held that a local aircraft noise-abatement ordinance was preempted by the federal Noise Control Act of 1972, even though the Act contained no specific preemptive language and there was no evidence that the ordinance placed a heavy burden on interstate commerce
a. Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal (1973) b. Nantahala Power and Light Company v. Thornburg (1986) c. Pennsylvania v. Nelson (1956) d. California v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1990)
What was the effect of the 1924 immigration law that established official quotas for immigrants based on national origin?
a. The flow of immigrant families with children decreased. b. The flow of low-income immigrant families from Mexico increased.— c. Most new immigrants were being reunited with family in the United States. d. Most new immigrants were from northwestern Europe.
The UN Standby High Readiness Brigade __________.
A. is controlled by the General Assembly B. is headquartered in Denmark C. is available for deployment to conflict areas in two to three months D. has not yet been used in an area of conflict