Government - Unit 3 - Lesson 3

SCOTUS

Congress

NAFTA

SEATO

it has been ruled on in a lower court or court of appeals.

the President signs an executive order for it to be heard.

Congress passes legislation for it to be heard.

a state rules that the President vetoed one of their own laws.

a civil lawsuit

an ex post facto law

a writ of certiorari

a minority brief

your appeals at the lower levels of the state or federal system

your ability to sit in jail any longer

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FALSE

They petition for a writ of certiorari for cases that have been appealed once before in a higher court.

They screen out a lot of petitions because those cases don't raise a lot of federal law questions or because they've already been decided in other cases.

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To review laws before they are enacted

To settle disputes between states

To conduct trials and hear cases for the first time

To hear appeals from lower courts

To create new laws

To enforce traffic rules

To settle disputes

To collect taxes

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must be unanimous