If you were the Solicitor General and wanted to influence the Supreme Court in a case involving an important federal law in which the government was not specifically named as a party, you could __________
A)file an amicus curiae brief
B)ask for an ex post decision
C)call for a stare decisis ruling
D)move for standing in the case
A
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To win a "first-past-the-post" election, a candidate needs __________
a. to win a two-thirds majority of votes b. to win more votes than anyone else c. more than half of the votes d. to win with enough votes to ensure victory in the subsequent run-off election
Regional disparity in Brazil is exemplified by the
a. Southeast accounting for about half of the country's GDP. b. Northeast having about half of the population but accounting for only about fifteen percent of the country's GDP. c. persistence of poverty in the South. d. concentration of industry in the North. e. states in the Southeast having a per capita GDP that is half of the national average.
The Supreme Court in Hammer v. Dagenhart (1918), invalidated by a _____ margin federal restrictions on child labor
a. 5 to 4 b. 6 to 3 c. 7 to 2 d. 8 to 1
A hung jury is declared by the judge if the jury fails to reach a verdict
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.