Author Question: Which of the following activities strengthens the power of the Supreme Court? a. The Supreme ... (Read 11 times)

sam.t96 · **on:** Jul 9, 2018

Which of the following activities strengthens the power of the Supreme Court?

a. The Supreme Court can issue advisory opinions when the president is considering new legislation.
b. The Supreme Court can impeach members of Congress when they continually fail to acknowledge rulings.
c. The Supreme Court has great discretion in choosing which cases to hear.
d. The Supreme Court can override the decisions of state courts.
e. The Supreme Court can impeach the president.

Question 2

In Brown v. Plata, the Court upheld a lower federal court holding that________.

A. most of the prisoners incarcerated in California prisons were innocent
B. the prisons in the state of Florida were overcrowded
C. overcrowding in the California prison system violated prisoners' rights to adequate health care
D. the three-strikes-and you're-out law is unconstitutional
E. the death penalty was unconstitutional