Which of the following BEST describes the “rule of four”? A.
The Supreme Court uses the rule of four after they have heard a case to decide whether they will issue an opinion on the case.
B.
The Supreme Court uses the rule of four to determine whether a case will be granted a writ of certiorari.
C.
It refers to the number of votes required to make a majority decision on the Court.
D.
The rule of four refers to the number of justices it takes to form a minority opinion on a case

B. The Supreme Court uses the rule of four to determine whether a case will be granted a writ of certiorari.

Explanation:

A court refers to an enclosed space such as a hall or chamber where legal practitioners (judges, lawyers or attorneys and a jury) converge to hold judicial proceedings.

There are different types of courts and these includes;

I. Trial court.

II. Circuit court.

III. Appeal court.

IV. Supreme court.

Supreme Court refers to a federal court and it's known to be the highest court in relation to the hierarchy of courts in the judicial branch. Therefore, it is referred to as the ap-ex court. Generally, the Supreme Court comprises of nine (9) justices (a chief justice and eight (8) associate justices). These nine (9) justices are appointed only by the president and subsequently confirmed by the senate after screening them diligently.

A rule of four can be defined as a custom (practice) of the Supreme Court of the United States of America which involves granting a petition for certiorari and the case in question will be reviewed if four (4) of the nine (9) justices votes that it is worthy of being heard.

This ultimately implies that, a petition for certiorari will be granted only if four (4) of the nine (9) justices vote in favor of the grant.

Hence, the Supreme Court uses the rule of four to determine whether a case will be granted a writ of certiorari.

A certiorari can be defined as an order or writ issued by a higher (superior) to reexamine an action of a lower court or review the proceedings and case that was tried at a lower court.

7. which was not an important advance made by the maya:

-deviced and accurate map of the world.

8. what was justinian code:

-a single, consistent set of laws for the byzantine empire.

9. which describes what theodora achieved as justinian´s most trusted adviser:

-getting laws passed to give married women more rights and to protect divorced women.

10. what caused the christian church to divide into two branches- the eastern orthodox church and the catholic church:                                             -differences in language, liturgy, and views on religious icons.

11. what was a result of the work done by the monks cyril and methodius:       - orthodox christianity spread to slavic cultures.

12. which is true about byzantine culture:

-it was a blend of greco-roman and persian culture.

13. which was not a major accomplishment of byzantine culture:

-the reconstruction of moscow

14. which group invaded the slavic homeland beginning in the ninth century:

-varangians

15. what did vladimir, prince of kiev, do in 988 to unify his people:       - he converted to orthodox christianity

16. what is the name of the book in which muhammad ´s words and teaching were collected:

-quran

17. what is the hajj:

-the pilgrimage to mecca that all muslims must undertake if possible

18. which accurately describes islamic belief:

-muhammad is god´s only prophet.

19. what happened to islam after the death of muhammad:

-it was practiced by only few people in small parts of the world

20. which region shows the extent of islamic territory 100 years after muhhamed´s death:

-egypt, mesopotamia, persia.(b)

21. which led to the division between sunni and shia following the death of muhammed:

-conflict over who should be the caliph

22. the muslims achieved many spectacular advances, which was not one of them:

-they created the justinian´s code.