A Writ of Certiorari Is

question 20

Multiple Choice

A writ of certiorari is

• A)a request to a lower court to submit to the Supreme Court a record of the case it has been requested to hear.
• B)the statement explaining the reasoning behind a Supreme Court decision.
• C)the official transcript of Supreme Court proceedings.
• D)a statement from a group not directly involved in a Supreme Court case,indicating the group's opinion on the legal issue at hand.
• E)an application for a waiver of court fees due to indigence.

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