An Important Reason That Federal Courts Follow Precedent Is That

question 225

Multiple Choice

An important reason that federal courts follow precedent is that

• A) lower court judges have less expertise than members of the Supreme Court.
• B) the Fourteenth Amendment requires that they follow precedent to avoid conflict with state courts.
• C) the practice of stare decisis makes judicial decision making chaotic.
• D) appellate courts are less likely to agree among themselves if the standards of decision making are too rigid.
• E) equal justice requires similar cases to be decided the same way.

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