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.
Question -2-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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