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What purpose do courts of appeal serve?
 
  a. Correct any legal mistake made by judges at the district level
  b. Correct any legal mistake made by juries at the district level
  c. Remove ambiguity and inconsistency in the way the law is carried out
  d. Ensure that laws are applied similarly across the nation
  e. All of the above

Question 2

The Supreme Court held in _________ that the ex post facto limitation applied only to retroactive criminal statutes and not to laws affecting properly rights or contractual obligations.
 
  a. Calder v. Bull (1798)
  b. Marbury v. Madison (1803)
  c. Fletcher v. Peck (1810)
  d. None of the above is true.



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Answer to Question 1

e

Answer to Question 2

A



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