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magmichele12

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A(n) __________ brief might be submitted by an interest group hoping to sway the Supreme Court's decision by providing the group's legal rationale for why the Court should rule a certain way.
 
  a. amicus curiae
  b. habeas corpus
  c. outsider
  d. coram nobis

Question 2

Recent presidents have increased the __________ of the federal courts.
 
  a. size
  b. salaries
  c. experience level
  d. diversity



missalyssa26

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: a

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d



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