Sometimes federal circuit courts play an important role in changing constitutional interpretation. Why is this so?
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Describe the ever-increasing caseload of the circuit courts, which mostly rule without review of the Supreme Court since the Court takes fewer than 80 cases each year.
2, Explain that the 12 geographic circuit courts determine the meaning of laws for all the people covered by each circuit.
3, Discuss examples of influential circuit courts:The Fourth Circuit Court based in Richmond, Virginia, has been a leader in the trend toward reasserting states' rights, and its rulings stand for almost 24 million people in the southeastern United States; the Ninth Circuit Court based in San Franciscois very liberal on civil rights and liberties cases, and its rulings cover over 60 million people in the western United States, about 20 percent of the American population.
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In Hamdiv.Rumsfeld(2004), the Supreme Court ruled that those who are detained as "enemy combatants" have the right to which of the following in order to contest the basis of their detention?
a. a written brief b. the assistance of counsel c. an appeal d. a hearing
Describe the strict construction (or original intent) judicial philosophy
What will be an ideal response?
What is media bias?
a. favorable treatment of certain politicians, policy positions, and political outcomes b. following political poll numbers rather than the issues c. focusing on a specific angle of a news story and disregarding others d. consumers' tendency to remember only what they agree with e. consumers seeking out stories that only confirm what they already believe
Which state has the most electoral votes?
A. Texas B. Pennsylvania C. Florida D. California E. New York