Author Question: Federal appellate courts review and can overturn A) precedents set by the U.S. Supreme Court. ... (Read 28 times)

jparksx · **on:** Sep 3, 2018

Federal appellate courts review and can overturn

A) precedents set by the U.S. Supreme Court.
B) only federal criminal cases.
C) rulings made by the lower federal courts.
D) guilt or innocence of defendants.
E) only civil cases.

Question 2

A circuit is

A) a group of policymakers with whom a judge is friendly.
B) the procedural path along which an appeal must travel.
C) the geographical area over which a court of appeals hears cases.
D) the set of procedures that Supreme Court justices use to select cases for review.
E) a group of judges joining together to write an opinion.