A ________________ is a request that the lower court send up its record of a case for review. Once this has been granted, the case is scheduled on the Supreme Court's docket.

A ________________ is a request that the lower court send up its record of a case for review. Once this has been granted, the case is scheduled on the Supreme Court's docket.

• A. Writ of certiorari
• B. Habeas corpus
• C. Mandamus
• D. Injunction

Answer: (A)

A writ of certiorari is the mechanism by which the Supreme Court reviews a lower court’s decision. It’s a request asking the Court to send up the case’s record so the Court can examine it. When certiorari is granted, the case is placed on the Court’s docket for briefing and possibly oral argument, which is how most Supreme Court cases are selected. The other options don’t fit because habeas corpus challenges unlawful detention, mandamus orders a government official to perform a duty, and an injunction is a court order to stop or compel action in a civil matter rather than a process to review a lower court’s record.

A writ of certiorari is the mechanism by which the Supreme Court reviews a lower court’s decision. It’s a request asking the Court to send up the case’s record so the Court can examine it. When certiorari is granted, the case is placed on the Court’s docket for briefing and possibly oral argument, which is how most Supreme Court cases are selected. The other options don’t fit because habeas corpus challenges unlawful detention, mandamus orders a government official to perform a duty, and an injunction is a court order to stop or compel action in a civil matter rather than a process to review a lower court’s record.