The appellate jurisdiction of the U.S. Supreme Court can be changed by :

The appellate jurisdiction of the U.S. Supreme Court can be changed by
 
  A) Congress.
  B) no one.
  C) the president.
  D) the Justice Department.
  E) the Supreme Court itself.

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Most cases reach the U.S. Supreme Court through________ jurisdiction.
 
  A) appellate
  B) concurrent
  C) original
  D) secondary
  E) primary

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_____ jurisdiction refers to the authority of a court to hear a case before any other court hears the case.
 
  A) Original
  B) Appellate
  C) Formal
  D) Procedural
  E) Trial

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The Supreme Court's decisions in two flag-burning cases have
 
  A) held that flag burning is a punishable desecration of a sacred national symbol.
  B) been at odds with each other, leaving uncertainty about this symbolically important area of the law.
  C) held that flag burning is a legally protected political expression.
  D) both sent the cases back to lower courts for rehearing, where the litigants settled, so there is no final decision to point to.
  E) been decided on narrow procedural grounds, with no decision on the main legal issue.

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Whether or not the Supreme Court should permit flag burning as a form of political protest can be seen as a tradeoff between
 
  A) freedom and order.
  B) freedom and equality.
  C) equality and order.
  D) freedom and pluralism.
  E) majoritarianism and order.