Briefs Are Frequently Submitted on Most Important Cases by Other

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True/False

Briefs are frequently submitted on most important cases by other parties who may be interested in the disputes. These "friends of the court" briefs are called "per curiam."

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Definitions:

Advantaging Systems

Structures and institutions that disproportionately benefit certain groups over others based on race, gender, class, or other characteristics, often reinforcing social inequities.

White Privilege

The societal privileges that benefit people identified as white, beyond what is commonly experienced by non-white people under the same social, political, or economic circumstances.

Privilege

The advantages or rights that are available to a particular person or group of people which are not afforded to others.

Racial Formation

A socio-historical process by which racial categories are created, inhabited, transformed, and destroyed.