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RODY.ELKHALIL

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The power of a court to hear and decide cases in a specific geographical area or to deal with a specific subject is called:
 
  a. jurisdiction.
  b. judicial review.
  c. appellate authority.
   d. stare decisis.

Question 2

Equal protection claims based on selective prosecution are difficult to prove, because claimants have to prove that the prosecutor had a discriminatory purpose and that the prosecution had:
 
  a. a negative effect.
  b. an exclusionary effect.
   c. a discriminatory effect.
   d. a disruptive effect.



bfulkerson77

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

c



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