What happens if the supreme court refuses to hear a case on appeal from the lower courts?
a. the lower court’s ruling stands and cannot be repealed.
b. the case sits in the court’s docket for the next six months.
c. the case immediately goes back to district courts for a re-trial.
d. the case immediately goes back to the appellate courts for a re-trial.

Why would southern delegates to the constitutional convention have opposed the three-fifths compromise? a) they feared that the president would eventually become "king" in the united states. b) they believed it would be insufficient in protecting the united states from invasion. c) they opposed the creation of a congress that would give states an equal number of senators. d) they wanted their full population of slaves to be counted for purposed of congressional representation.