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,5. After determining that a real case or controversy exists, a federal court must ascertain
whether the party initiating the litigation has _____.
a. jurisdiction
b. a cause of action
*c. standing
d. an injunction

6. A case is considered _____ if the issues that gave rise to it have been resolved or
otherwise disappeared.
a. unripe
b. exhausted
*c. moot
d. hypothetical

7. An appeal from a decision by a U.S. District Court in California is typically heard by
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the _____.
*a. Ninth Circuit
b. First Circuit
c. Third Circuit
d. Federal Circuit

8. An appeal in a patent case from a U.S. district court in New Jersey will typically be
heard by the U. S. Court of Appeals for the _____.
a. Third Circuit
*b. Federal Circuit
c. Fifth Circuit
d. District of Columbia Circuit.

9. An appeal from a ruling by the Court of Appeals of Veterans Claims is typically heard
by _____.
a. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
b. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
c. The Virginia Supreme Court
*d. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

10. A case appealed from the U.S. District Court in Guam will typically be heard by
_____.
a. The Supreme Court of California
b. The Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
*c. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
d. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

11. Search warrants in the federal court system are ordinarily issued by _____.
a. U.S. district judges
b. a law clerk

, c. judges on the closest U.S. court of appeals
*d. U. S. magistrate judges

12. Which of the following is usually included within the list of Ashwander Rules?
a. The Court will not formulate a rule of law broader than the facts of the case
require.
b. If possible, the Court will dispose of a case on nonconstitutional grounds.
c. The Court will not pass upon the validity of a statute on complaint of one who
fails to show injury to person or property.
*d. All of the above

13. Which of the following is not usually included within the list of Ashwander Rules?
a. The Court will not formulate a rule of law broader than the facts of the case
require.
b. If possible, the Court will dispose of a case on nonconstitutional grounds.
c. The Court will not pass upon the validity of a statute on complaint of one who
fails to show injury to person or property.
*d. Whenever possible, the Court will protect an individual’s constitutional rights.

14. Congress has specified that certain cases in the U. S. District Courts be heard and
decided by a panel of three judges instead of the usual single judge sitting alone. What is
the special option available to the losing party in a decision by such a three-judge panel
that is not available to the losing party in the great bulk of district court cases that are
routinely decided by a single judge?
a. All court fees are waived.
b. The case may enjoy expedited review by one of the courts of appeals.
*c. Direct appeal to the Supreme Court.
d. all of the above.


Essay Questions

1. Losing litigants in the lower courts often say that they will “take this all the way
to the United States Supreme Court.” Why should such statements be regarded
more as threats, not promises?

2. What do the data about the Supreme Court’s caseload suggest about the
importance of state and lower federal courts in helping to shape American
constitutional law?

3. How can “threshold questions” such as standing be crucial in the outcome of a
constitutional case?

4. What are the Ashwander rules? Do they expand or contract judicial power?
Explain.

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