The ability to hear a case from its origin and to establish the facts pertaining to it, including conducting a trial and rendering a verdict, is known as ______.
a. original jurisdiction
b. appellate jurisdiction
c. intermediary jurisdiction
d. ultimate jurisdiction
a. original jurisdiction
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Which of the following statements is true of public debt?
A. Public debt is also known as fiscal debt. B. The net public debt includes sums that the government owes to itself. C. The Department of Commerce sells IOUs on behalf of the U.S. government. D. The interest on treasuries is paid by federal taxes. E. The net public debt does not include funds held by the Federal Reserve System.
The Congressional Budget Office was created to check the growing power of the
A) Department of the Treasury. B) Department of Homeland Security. C) Federal Reserve Board. D) Office of Management and Budget. E) Securities and Exchange Commission.
Newspaper readership is on a steady rise
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Chief Justice John Marshall was an early advocate of states' rights
Indicate whether the statement is true or false