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The court case of Marbury v. Madison established the legal power of the Supreme Court to: a. review acts of Congress. b. establish lower federal courts. c. force parties in a legal conflict to sett... le prior to trial. d. amend the Constitution. - ✔✔a. review acts of Congress. The Constitution specified the number of justices that should sit on the Supreme Court. - ✔✔False Over the centuries, judges have developed a body of rules and principles of interpretation called ___________ law that are not grounded in specific statutes.: a. basic b. judicial c. unwritten d. common - ✔✔ Most cases reach the Supreme Court through a writ of: a. habeas corpus. b. publici juris. c. certiorari. d. in forma pauperis. - ✔✔c. certiorari. Justice Harry Blackmun's decision in Roe v. Wade was based on a judicial philosophy that involved looking beyond the text of the Constitution to find a right to an abortion. He relied on the philosophy of judicial: a. activism [Show More]

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