Who once quipped: "I don't belong to any organized party, I am a Democrat"?

A court order requiring government authorities either to release a person held in custody or demonstrate that the person is detained in accordance with the law is called:

a. certiorari. b. per curiam. c. amicus curiae. d. habeas corpus. e. appeal.

What is the primary jurisdiction of the U.S. Supreme Court?

a. It makes initial rulings on all federal cases, civil and criminal. b. It rules on high penalty cases, including those with life sentences and the death penalty. c. Its jurisdiction is almost entirely appellate, from lower federal or state supreme courts. d. Its jurisdiction is broad, ranging from appellate rulings to original rulings in federal crimes.