Which of the following occurs when the U.S. Supreme Court decides an issue?
A. All other courts consider the Supreme Court's opinion in their own decision making.
B. All other courts are obligated to follow the Supreme Court's ruling.
C. Each court can decide for itself whether the Supreme Court decision applies to cases in its jurisdiction.
D. Congress is obligated to pass laws that support that decision.
E. It is written into the Constitution as an amendment if it raised a constitutional question.
Answer: B
You might also like to view...
All of the following are examples that a liberal might cite of the human costs of the market EXCEPT:
a) One million people died in the Irish Potato Famine that government policy could have alleviated. b) In the 1910s, 25,000 workers were killed annually on the job in the United States. c) In 1985, an earthquake shook Mexico City, and close to 10,000 people died. d) Factories poured their toxic wastes into the nation's water, soil, and air, endangering people's health.
Which is a correct statement about the Tenth Amendment?
A) The federal courts have frequently used this amendment to invalidate national government actions. B) In spite of this amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court in McCulloch v. Maryland permitted federal action through implied powers. C) The federal courts used this amendment to allow the national government to commandeer state agencies to the service of the federal government. D) The Tenth Amendment states that all powers not explicitly delegated to the national government are reserved to the states exclusively.
In some countries, the official GNI per capita measured at PPP data does not reflect the actual the total annual income because:
A. it doesn't consider differences in the cost of living. B. it gives a static picture of development. C. it fails to include income earned from other countries in the form of dividends. D. large amounts of economic activity may be in the form of barter agreements.
Through which of the following processes do bureaucrats make rules, regulations, and standards that have the force of law?
A.) administrative rule making B.) congressional lawmaking C.) judicial rule making D.) executive lawmaking