question: However, not all highest courts are named as such. Civil law states do not tend to have singular highest courts. Additionally, the highest court in some jurisdictions is not named the "Supreme Court", for example, the High Court of Australia; this is because decisions by the High Court could formerly be appealed to the Privy Council. On the other hand, in some places the court named the "Supreme Court" is not in fact the highest court; examples include the New York Supreme Court, the Supreme Courts of several Canadian provinces/territories and the former Supreme Court of Judicature of England and Wales, which are all superseded by higher Courts of Appeal.

Some countries have multiple "supreme courts" whose respective jurisdictions have different geographical extents, or which are restricted to particular areas of law. In particular, countries with a federal system of government typically[citation needed] have both a federal supreme court (such as the Supreme Court of the United States), and supreme courts for each member state (such as the Supreme Court of Nevada), with the former having jurisdiction over the latter only to the extent that the federal constitution extends federal law over state law. Jurisdictions with a civil law system often have a hierarchy of administrative courts separate from the ordinary courts, headed by a supreme administrative court as it the case in the Netherlands. A number of jurisdictions also maintain a separate constitutional court (first developed in the Czechoslovak Constitution of 1920), such as Austria, France, Germany, Luxemburg, Portugal, Spain and South Africa.
1. Is the Supreme Court always the highest ranking court?
2. Can you give an example?
3. What's higher?
4. Can there be more then one in the same country?
5. What term is used in the land down under?
6. Do they handle appeals?
7. When was that system established?
8. Do some nations have a place for constitutional matters?
9. What nation is credited for using that first?
10. When?
11. What other nations that do this?
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answer: 1. No
2. he New York Supreme Court,
3. The higher Courts of Appeal.
4. Yes
5. Privy Council
6. Yes
7. unknown
8. yes
9. Czechoslovak
10. 1920
11. Austria, France, Germany, Luxemburg, Portugal, Spain and South Africa

question: CHAPTER XXIV

A WAR OF WORDS

The knowledge that Professor Lemm, Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell were approaching the cabins on the upper end of Snowshoe Island filled the Rover boys with wonder.

"Professor Lemm must have come to see Uncle Barney about those deeds," remarked Randy.

"I wonder if that is Slugger's father with him?" broke in Fred.

"Maybe," answered Jack. "Those men were the only two who were interested in getting possession of this island."

"I'll tell you what I think we ought to do!" exclaimed Andy.

"What?" came from the others quickly.

"I think we ought to go back to our own cabin and arm ourselves."

"That might not be such a bad idea, Andy," returned Jack. "Those men, backed up by Slugger and Nappy, may want to carry things with a high hand."

Acting on Andy's suggestion, the four boys retreated to the cabin which they had just left, and each took possession of his weapon.

"I don't think they'll try much rough-house work when they see how we are armed," remarked Randy grimly.

"Of course, we don't want to do any shooting," cautioned Jack. "We only want to scare them, in case they go too far."

"Jack, you had better be the spokesman for the crowd," remarked Randy. "You go ahead and talk to them, and we'll stand back with our guns."

Still holding his rifle, Jack went forward again, and in a moment more found himself confronted by Asa Lemm and the man who was with him.
1. Who had an idea of what to do?
2. What was his idea?
3. What is the professor's name?
4. How many people were approaching the cabins?
5. What were their names?
6. Who was the professor coming to see?
7. Did they want to do any shooting?
8. What did they want to do?
9. Who had better be the spokesman?
10. How many boys returned to the cabin?
11. Did Jack like Andy's idea?
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answer: 1. Andy
2. go back to their cabin and arm themselves
3. Professor Lemm
4. two
5. Professor Lemm, Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell
6. Uncle Barney
7. no
8. scare them
9. Jack
10. four
11. yes

question: MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexican authorities were searching Wednesday for two politicians accused of belonging to the Familia Michoacana drug cartel, which is blamed for killing more than 30 federal police officers in a series of attacks since Saturday.

Drug violence is up in Michoacan state, shown by recent attacks on police in at least a half-dozen cities.

Julio Cesar Godoy Toscano, elected July 5 to the lower house of Congress, is accused of being in charge of protection for the cartel, said Monte Alejandro Rubido Garcia, head of the National Public Security Council. Godoy Toscano is half-brother to Michoacan's governor, Leonel Godoy Rangel, who Wednesday urged his relative to surrender.

Authorities also said they are searching for Saul Solis Solis, alias "El Lince," who lost his bid for a congressional seat this month. He is accused of being in charge of the cartel's activities in the Huacana area. Solis is a cousin of Enrique Plancarte Solis, a Familia Michoacana leader, Rubido said.

Both suspects report to Servando Gomez Martinez, known as "La Tuta," Rubido said.

Godoy Toscano was elected as a member of the opposition Democratic Revolutionary Party, known as the PRD. The party said Wednesday it would not protect Godoy Toscano or any member who has broken the law.

Godoy Rangel, the Michoacan governor, told a radio station there's nothing he could do to help his fugitive brother.

"I cannot protect anyone, not even my children," the government-run news agency Notimex quoted him as saying.

He said Wednesday that he has no intention of resigning, because he has done nothing wrong, Notimex said.
1. Who is the Michoacan governor?
2. What kind of brother does he have?
3. What is his name?
4. What office was he put in?
5. How did he join Congress?
6. Is he a wanted man?
7. Who is looking for him?
8. Who else are they looking for?
9. Is he also a congressman?
10. What do these guys belong to?
11. Is this a violent group?
12. What do authorities say they did?
13. When did this happen?
14. Who runs the cartel's protection?
15. Who takes care of things in the Huacana area?
16. Who do they both answer to?
17. Does he have a nickname?
18. What is it?
19. What does Rangel want his brother to do?
20. Is he going to quit his job?
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answer:
1. Leonel Godoy Rangel
2. half-brother
3. Godoy Toscano
4. the opposition Democratic Revolutionary Party
5. elected July 5 to the lower house of Congress
6. yes
7. Mexican authorities
8. Saul Solis Solis
9. no
10. the Familia Michoacana drug cartel
11. yes
12. killing more than 30 federal police officers
13. since Saturday
14. Toscano
15. El Lince
16. Servando Gomez Martinez
17. yes
18. La Tuta
19. surrender
20. no