Author Question: The most common background experience among recent Supreme Court nominees is judicial experience, ... (Read 80 times)

sammy · **on:** Sep 3, 2018

The most common background experience among recent Supreme Court nominees is judicial experience, and this can be explained by the fact that

A) a judge's previous opinions serve as good predictors of his or her future opinions on the High Court.
B) all Senators confirming or rejecting nominees are lawyers.
C) a Supreme Court justice must have passed the bar exam.
D) all Senators confirming or rejecting nominees are lawyers and a Supreme Court justice must have passed the bar exam.
E) legal education is a formal requirement for all judicial positions in the US.

Question 2

A 2013 Senate rule change allows debate on judges other than Supreme Court justices to be cut off by

A) a 60-vote majority.
B) presidential proclamation.
C) a simple majority.
D) an agreement of the Senate Majority Leader and Ranking Minority Member.
E) a vote of the Senate Judiciary Committee.