What is the scope of the jurisdiction oftheCourtofAppeals for the Federal Circuit?

a.Washington, DC

b.Statewide

c.Nationwide

d.Depends on the case

e.Local

How did the delegates to the Constitutional Convention compromise on the composition of the federal judicial branch?

a.By establishing a Supreme Court and then letting Congress decide whether to establish lower courts

b.By letting Congress decide whether to establish any federal courts at all

c.By establishing a Supreme Court and lower federal courts, but limiting the power of the lower courts

d.By establishing a Supreme Court and allowing state governments to decide what lower courts mightalso be established

e.By establishing a Supreme Court and lower federal courts and letting the states decide what authority they would have

How is democracy in India different than in the United Kingdom?

a.India has a powerful president, whereas the United Kingdom has a weak president.

b.India would be described as a presidential system, and the United Kingdom as a parliamentary system.

c.India has strong state governments, whereas the United Kingdom is largely governed at the national level.

d.India has a powerful prime minister, whereas the United Kingdom has a strong monarch.

e.India is largely governed at the national level, whereas the United Kingdom has strong state governments.

InLoving v. Virginia(1967), what kind of state laws did the Supreme Court overturn?

a.Exclusions of African Americans from jury service

b.Provisions for poll taxes and literacy tests for voter registration

c.Prohibitions against same-sex marriage

d.Provisions for capital punishment

e.Prohibitions against interracial marriage

How does the Federal Constitutional Court compare to the U.S. Supreme Court in the number and scope of the cases that it hears?

a.It hears and rules on fewer cases, all of them on appeal.

b.Access to the German court is limited to a few elites.

c.It is much more limited in its powers and is barred from ruling on many subjects.

d.It hears far fewer cases, though some are of original jurisdiction.

e.It hears from a lot more plaintiffs of more types on many more cases.