From what sources does the U.S. Supreme Court receive its appeals?
a. All appeals are forwarded from the federal system’s lower appellate courts.
b. Nearly all cases are appealed from the state courts.
c. Most cases are referred to the Supreme Court by the executive branch.
d. About half of the cases heard by the Supreme Court come from federal appellate courts and the other half come from the fifty state supreme courts.
e. The majority of Supreme Court appellate cases originate in the military courts.
ANS: D
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