RELI MISC TEST III QUESTIONS JUDICIAL

RELI MISC TEST III QUESTIONS JUDICIAL Test III 1. All of the following are limitations to a party’s right of appeal except a. prosecutors generally may not appeal not guilty verdicts in criminal trials. b. the appellate court reviews only questions of law. c. the party must appeal from a final order of the court in most cases. d. losing parties may appeal by right only once. e. criminal defendants generally may not appeal guilty verdicts in criminal trials. 2. Assume that in a particular case that the current U.S. Supreme Court decided, Chief Justice Roberts, and Justices Scalia, Thomas and Kennedy formed the minority bloc. Who assigns the opinion-writing responsibilities for the majority opinion? a. Chief Justice Roberts b. Associate Justice Breyer c. Associate Justice Scalia d. Associate Justice Sotomayor e. Associate Justice Stevens 3. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, for example, votes with the majority of the Court on a particular case, even though her reasoning differs from the majority’s opinion. She may choose to express her reasons in a(n) a. opinion of the Court. b. concurring opinion. c. per curiam opinion. d. dissenting opinion. e. dissent from denial of cert. 4. Habeas Corpus petitions differ from other appeals in all of the following ways except: a. they may raise issues not raised during trial.