Reading Quiz 15.4-15.5

A writ of __________ is issued by the Supreme Court when it agrees to hear a case.

• mandamus
• prohibition
• certiorari
• attachment

How and whether judicial decisions are translated into actual policy is known as judicial __________.

• implementation
• execution
• legislation
• intention

For a case to be heard in the Supreme Court, a minimum of how many justices must vote to hear the case?

• one
• four
• five
• six

The Supreme Court issues __________ that are essentially written statements containing the legal reasoning behind the Court’s decisions.

• opinions
• amicus curiae briefs
• per curiam statements
• treatises

Who is in charge of the federal government’s appellate court litigation?

• the attorney general
• the chief of staff
• the solicitor general
• the White House counsel

Which of the following is an opinion written by a justice in the majority that outlines an alternative basis for the decision?

• concurring
• dissenting
• majority
• per curiam

In court rulings, reliance on past decisions to formulate decisions in new cases is known as which of the following?

• per curiam
• stare decisis
• coram nobis
• amicus curiae