Precedent,while Not an Absolute Constraint on the Courts,is Needed to

question 18

Multiple Choice

Precedent,while not an absolute constraint on the courts,is needed to

• A)preserve the courts as a counter majoritarian institution.
• B)maintain legal consistency over time,so confusion and uncertainty about the law can be avoided.
• C)check the president in the area of public law.
• D)balance the policy making authority of Congress.
• E)check the president in the area of foreign policy.

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Definitions:

Fictional

Pertaining to events, people, or places that are invented or imagined, not real or factual.

Hallucinations

False perceptions or sensory experiences, such as hearing voices or seeing things that are not present, often associated with psychiatric disorders.

Delusions

Fixed false beliefs that conflict with reality, despite evidence to the contrary, often observed in psychiatric conditions, such as schizophrenia.

Perception

The process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions to give meaning to their environment.