_____ refers to the authority of a court to hear and decide a particular case.

Which of the following best describes the nature of an amicus curiae brief?

a. a written argument submitted to a court in support of one side of a case b. a petition to remove a judge from a court case - c. a petition submitted to Congress in support of or opposition to a judicial nominee d. an internal memo circulated among interest group leaders, briefing them on the details of a court case

The political regime of the USSR had an ideological foundation officially referred to as:

A. Marxism-Leninism B. Stalinism-Khruschevism C. the Dictatorship of the Proletariat D. The Three "-isms"