The entire lower court system acts as a gatekeeper in that it

a. controls the flow of cases appealed to the Supreme Court.
b. determines how much money it will cost to hear a case at the national level.
c. selects the attorneys who may represent a client at the national level.
d. determines which cases are eligible for appeal to the Supreme Court.
e. sends all cases forward to the Supreme Court.

a

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Miranda v. Arizona (384 U.S. 436) held that the prosecution's use of statements of an accused, made to police without prior warnings of the person's rights to remain silent, to counsel, and to appointed counsel if indigent, was a violation of the accused's rights contained in

a. the First Amendment. c. the Sixth Amendment. b. the Fourth Amendment. d. None of the above is correct.

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