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35. The U.S. Supreme Court actually decides only about ______ cases per year through open court hearings.  (About the same amount are also decided via summary judgments.)

39. If a Supreme Court case relates to specific political ideologies, the “bloc” of the below justices may be predicted to vote in favor of the conservative argument:

Your writing requirement will be met by the individual research project for this section (Chapters 10-13), which is external to this test.  It will be worth 20 points, added into your Exam 3 grade, bringing the total points possible to 100 as usual.   Thus, there is nothing to do here!

BONUS: This is a very powerful Congressional committee unique to the House, serving to structure and limit debate:

36. The description of “settled law”, allowing for recognition of legal precedent, is called:

25. Incremental budgeting can result in:

36. The description of “settled law”, allowing for recognition of legal precedent, is called:

BONUS: This is a very powerful Congressional committee unique to the House, serving to structure and limit debate:

37. In a U.S. Supreme Court decision tie, such as a vote of 4-4 (either due to a reduced number of justices on the bench or due to a justice recusing him/herself), the following happens:

25. Incremental budgeting can result in: