Which of the following are most commonly heard by the U.S. Supreme Court?
a. federalhabeas corpus cases
b. original jurisdiction cases
c. civil actions from lower federal courts
d. criminal cases from state and federal courts
Question 2
Why did Justice Souter wait until 2009 to retire?
a. so that he would get a bigger pension
b. so that Barack Obama rather than George W. Bush would name a new justice
c. to avoid the appearance of impropriety when deciding important cases on the docket in 2008
d. to ensure that he would be covered under the Affordable Care Act