These questions allow you to test yourself on chapter material and become more comfortable and familiar with test-taking. Only fill in your name and e-mail address if you wish to send the results to yourself or an instructor. Stare decisis is a doctrine a. enabling court decisions to vary from case to case. The level of trial courts in the federal judicial hierarchy is the a. district courts.
Appellate jurisdiction means the authority of a court to a. serve as a trial court.
A writ of certiorari is defined as an order a. compelling an official to carry out his responsibilities. A writ of certiorari is issued by the Supreme Court only when a. a majority of justices vote for such a request. The official who represents the national government in the Supreme Court is the a. Attorney General. In terms of enforcement powers, the Supreme Court a. has now acquired its own police force. Dissenting opinions in a Supreme Court decision are important because they a. allow justices to make symbolic statements.