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blazelbee blazelbee
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Based on historical trends, which of the following is most likely to be appointed to the Supreme Court?
 
  a. A fifty-five-year-old Caucasian man with a successful private law practice, but no judicial experience.
  b. A thirty-eight-year-old Hispanic man with ten years' experience on a state trial court.
  c. A fifty-two-year-old Caucasian woman with fifteen years' experience on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
  d. A fifty-eight-year-old Arab-American man with five years' experience as a district court judge.

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Which of the following limits judicial power?
 
  a. judicial review
  b. judicial activism
  c. stare decisis/precedent
  d. constitutional courts

Question -3-

What type of law governs relationships between individuals and defines their legal rights?
 
  a. positive
  b. civil
  c. criminal
  d. constitutional

Question -4-

Who or what represents the supreme law of the land, according to Article VI?
 
  a. the president
  b. the attorney general
  c. the solicitor general
  d. the Constitution

Question -5-

According to the doctrine of __________, a court should not overturn precedent unless it is absolutely necessary.
 
  a. original intent
  b. judicial review
  c. stare decisis
  d. prior restraint
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