Author Question: The rule of four provides that a. a case may be appealed no more than four times. b. a case must ... (Read 25 times)

cookcarl · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

The rule of four provides that

a. a case may be appealed no more than four times.
b. a case must pass a four-prong test to be heard by the Supreme Court.
c. four federal judges must agree to pass a case on the Supreme Court.
d. only four justices need to agree in order to command a majority decision.
e. the Supreme Court will hear a case if any four justices agree to do so.

Question 2

A petition for a writ of certiorari is a(n)

a. order from a court to a government official to perform his duty.
b. brief written by someone who has an interest in the outcome of the case but not a party to it.
c. request by the losing party in a suit to a higher court to review the decision.
d. order that the presiding judge should not look to precedents as a guide whenever possible.
e. courts refusal to hear a case if it has been resolved or rendered irrelevant by subsequent events.