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1. 1.What is the importance of the litmus test? Topic 1 for $100
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Topic 1 for $ Why should federal judges serve for life?
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Topic 1 for $ Explain two checks on the judicial branch.
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Topic 1 for $ What is meant by the term “blue slip”?
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Topic 1 for $ These courts are established by Congress for specialized purposes.
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Topic 2 for $ Identify and define the two types of lower federal courts that Congress has created.
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Topic 2 $ In what way can the Supreme Court have different opinions from the same majority?
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Topic 2 for $300 What are the disadvantages of the Supreme Court changing prior decisions?
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Topic 2 for $ How many justices were in the Supreme Court originally?
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Topic 2 for $ How are justices income set?
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Topic 3 for $100 What is a legal rule stating who is authorized to start a lawsuit?
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Topic 3 for $200 What is a political question?
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Topic 3 $300 Which court hears appeals from the district courts?
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Topic 3 for $400 What does the book describe as the weapon of the judiciary?
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Topic 3 for $ What are diversity cases?
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Topic 5 for $ What is a writ of certiorari?
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Topic 5 for $ What is amicus curiae?
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Topic 5 for $ What is stare decisis?
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Topic 5 for $ What is per curiam opinion?
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Topic 5 for $ What is in forma pauperis and what is an example of it?
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FINAL JEOPARDY This doctrine allows the federal and state governments to prosecute the same person for the same crime.
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