Which of the following statements is true of the U.S. courts of appeals?
A) They hear evidence or testimony.
B) A single judge presides over court proceedings in appellate courts.
C) There are fifty-two federal courts of appeals in the United States.
D) They review the transcript of the trial court's proceedings.
E) They form the lowest tier of the federal court system.
D
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a. twenty dollars. b. one hundred dollars. c. one thousand dollars. d. one million dollars.
Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi was installed with absolute power in 1953
a. by referendum. b. after a protracted civil war. c. by his father, Reza Shah, before his abdication. d. after a vote by the Majles. e. by army officers with financial backing from the United States and Britain.
The relationship between states and local governments follows from the fact that states have a _________ system of government
A) confederacy B) unitary C) federal D) federation
Program evaluation research is
A) a specific experimental design. B) a group of research methods. C) carried out under high-constraint, laboratory situations. D) diminishing in importance.