SCOTUS Has Increasingly Denied Petitions for Writs of Certiorari

question 23

Multiple Choice

SCOTUS has increasingly denied petitions for writs of certiorari , thus reducing the number of cases it will review. Which two doctrines limit the scope of state appellate review?

• A)the raise-or-waive doctrine and the collateral consequences doctrine
• B)the mootness doctrine and the collateral doctrine
• C)the mootness doctrine and the raise-or-waive doctrine
• D)the mootness doctrine and the plain-error rule

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