What effect did League of United Latin American Citizens et al. v. Mattox et al. have on the Texas judicial system?
a. The Court determined that because minority voting power is diluted in statewide elections, Texas had to divide the state into eight districts for electing associate justices of the Texas Supreme Court and the Court of Criminal Appeals.
b. It required the governor to consider race and ethnicity as a factor when appointing judges to vacancies.
c. Although the Court ruled against the minority plaintiffs, the publicity of the case has led to the election of Hispanics to high-level Texas courts in proportion to their share of the state's population.
d. It resulted in little change, and Texas judges for district courts in urban areas are still elected on a countywide basis.
Question 2
When a case reaches an appellate court __________.
a. judges and a jury start a de novo trial
b. the jury provides an opinion to help the judges determine the innocence or guilt of a defendant
c. judges can overturn the decisions of lower courts as long as they get a majority vote from the original jurists to do so
d. judges review the case to determine if the lower courts conformed to constitutional and statutory law
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