Public Opinion Can Serve as a Check on the Judiciary

question 15

Multiple Choice

Public opinion can serve as a check on the judiciary because

• A) people have the ability to vote federal judges out of office if they do not approve of the rulings of the courts.
• B) the public may pressure elected officials not to enforce an unpopular ruling.
• C) the Supreme Court typically polls the public as a basis for their decisions.
• D) the president will veto a Supreme Court decision if it is politically unpopular.
• E) Congress will override a decision of the Supreme Court with a majority vote in both houses.

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Definitions:

Hypothetical Conclusion

A conclusion that is based on a conditional statement, depending largely on a "if-then" scenario.

Fallacy

A fault in logical judgment that causes an argument to be invalid or not based on sound reasoning.

Denying Antecedent

A logical fallacy involving the incorrect assumption that the falsehood of a premise invalidates the conclusion, particularly in conditional reasoning.

Hypothetical Syllogism

A logical argument involving two conditional statements and a conclusion that logically follows from them.