Of the Thousands of Cases Submitted to the U

question 21

Multiple Choice

Of the thousands of cases submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court each year, why does the Court-aside from obvious workload considerations-hear only a small minority of them?

• A) Many of the submitted cases are frivolous.
• B) to show proper respect to the rulings made in the lower courts
• C) to show proper respect to the other branches of government, and to fend off charges that the Court takes an activist role in policy making
• D) Article III of the U.S. Constitution limits the number of cases that the Supreme Court can consider each year.
• E) The Court is too divided to agree on cases.

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