Court of Consequences

Out of the thousands of cases submitted to the Supreme Court each year, how many do the justices agree to hear?

• 5

• fewer than 100

• nearly 500

• all of them

The Supreme Court hears ______.

• only civil cases

• only criminal cases

• both criminal and civil cases

• only cases that were turned down by the appeals courts

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Which statement is correct about the current Supreme Court?

• Two of the nine justices lean liberal.

• Three of the nine justices lean conservative.

• Six of the nine justices lean conservative.

• All nine justices lean liberal.

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The person or entity that brings an appeal to the Supreme Court is called the ___.

• docket

• petitioner

• precedent

• respondent

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In the section "Social Media", the author explains that the Communications Decency Act was "intended to nurture" the internet. She means that the laws was created to ___.

• help the internet grow

• monitor the content on the internet

• limit the number of social media sites

• hold social media companies accountable for all user content

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The last two paragraphs of the section "Affirmative Action" ___.

• give opposing viewpoints on affirmative action

• present opinions on how the Court will likely rule on the two affirmative action cases

• ask questions to prompt readers to consider how the rulings on the cases might affect them

• explain the likely effects if the Court were to uphold the constitutionality of affirmative action programs

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When the author says "that language" in paragraph 4 of the section "Election Law," she is referring to ___.

• the question that opens the section

• the ruling by the State Supreme Court that rejected the 2021 map

• the section of the Constitution referenced in the previous paragraph

• the quote by J. Michael Luttig at the end of the section

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In the section "5: Ruling" of the sidebar "inside a Supreme Court Case" which detail is a context clue to the meaning of dissent as used in the section?

• wraps up in June

• lays out the rationale

• explains its reasons for disagreeing

• challenged and overturned

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What is the author's purpose for writing this article? Explain how the title and subtitle help convey this purpose.

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In the Merrill v. Mulligan case, how does each side use the Voting Rights Act to bolster their argument?

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