Getting To The Supreme Court

RECENT QUESTION.

PART B: Which section from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

A. “They announce their decisions periodically, then disappear into their ‘Marble Palace.’” ( Paragraph 1)

B. “Why are venerable former justices, such as John Marshall, sources of guidance in understanding necessary qualities for federal judges?” ( Paragraph 4)

C. “Still, many vacancies do occur during a president’s term of office, and the rarest and most important of these are the seats on the Supreme Court.” ( Paragraph 8)

D. “Presidents usually appoint judges who seem to have a similar political ideology to their own. In other words, a president with a liberal ideology will usually appoint liberals to the courts.” ( Paragraph 10)