The Most Important Factor in Predicting How a Supreme Court

question 163

Multiple Choice

The most important factor in predicting how a Supreme Court justice will vote is

• A) the justice's ideological predilections.
• B) the justice's social background.
• C) the justice's previous judicial experience.
• D) the justice's belief that a decision will enhance the Court's influence in American government and society.
• E) unknown.

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Definitions:

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Thomas And Chess

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