The rule of four is significant to the balance of power among Supreme Court justices because it ______.
a. is the rule used to determine whether a case will make the discuss list
b. gives some power to the minority on the Court
c. means that many of the cases on appeal to the Court are heard
d. means that less than a majority of the justices’ votes are needed for a party before the Court to be victorious
e. shows that justices rarely agree on which cases should be heard
b. gives some power to the minority on the Court
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Who represents the federal government in appeals to the Supreme Court?
a. Attorney General b. president c. Speaker of the House d. solicitor general
The __________ is used to resolve conflicts between the federal and state governments and questions of citizenship between a state and the federal government
Fill in the blanks with correct word
In _____, the Supreme Court recognized that the Tenth Amendment "was intended to confirm the understanding of the people at the time the Constitution was adopted, that powers not granted to the [federal government] were reserved to the States or to the people."
a. United States v. Sprague (1931) b. Fry v. United States (1975) c. Chisholm v. Georgia (1793) d. None of the above is true.
What is the name of the gerrymandering technique that divides up a minority party's voters into so many geographical districts that their voting power in any one district is negligible?
A) pairing B) packing C) cracking D) chubbing