The Judicial Branch _______ - ANSWERSProduces common law and interprets constitutions, statutes and
administrative regulations.
The Legislative branch _______ - ANSWERSPasses Statutes and has authority to supersede common law
The Chief Executive _______ - ANSWERSSets priorities in law enforcement, can veto legislation, issues
proclamations, and issues executive orders
The Supremacy Clause _______ - ANSWERSIs part of the U.S. Constitution and makes the U.S.
Constitution the supreme law of the land
The following is true about the law library... - ANSWERSPrimary Sources contain the law its self,
secondary sources can be used to understand primary sources and finding tools are used to locate
relevant primary sources
The doctrine of stare decisis - ANSWERSRequires that a legal principal announced in a prior case be
applied to future cases and applies if the facts are substantially the same.
The doctrine of stare decisis allows case law to be - ANSWERSPredictable
The doctrine of stare decisis allows what kind of change? - ANSWERSGradual
An opinion that reaches the same results as the majority of the court but has different reasons is what
type of opinion? - ANSWERSA Concurring Opinion
Is an attorney required to interpret precedent the same way as opposing counsel? - ANSWERSYes
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