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3.)  A writ of certiorari is a.)a request to a lower court to...

3.)  A writ of certiorari is a.)a request to a lower court to submit to the Supreme Court a record of the case it has been requested to hear. b.)the official transcript of Supreme Court proceedings. c.)an application for a waiver of court fees due to indigence. d.)a statement from a group not directly involved in a Supreme Court case, indicating the group's opinion on the legal issue at hand. e.)the statement explaining the reasoning behind a Supreme Court decision.
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Which of the following is a disadvantage of the living constitution theory according to its critics?


a.)It poses a serious difficulty by mandating that an individual figure out what the words in the Constitution meant to those who wrote and ratified them.

b.)It holds that in nearly every instance, policy issues should be decided by elected lawmakers and not by appointed judges.

c.)It allows judges to promote their personal views by enabling them to devise arguments that support the rulings they prefer.

d.)It inaccurately assumes that federal courts are far more significant than state courts.

e.)It leads to constitutional rigidity, making it difficult to change the provisions of the constitution.


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