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Question 23 - Prisoners are permitted to file several types of civil lawsuits in federal courts. These include all of the following, except:

	habeas corpus petitions.
	mandamus petitions.
	Section 1983 and Bivens actions.
	motion to grant clemency.

Question 24 - A habeas corpus petition may include which of the following?

	A challenge of a criminal conviction based on the argument the trial was constitutionally defective.
	A federal prisoner's request to get their sentence set aside or corrected because the punishment was harsher than that allowed by law.
	Allegations that prison officials do not allow inmates to practice their religion behind bars.
	Allegations that an inmate's constitutional rights were violated by a federal official acting under color of law.

Question 25 - Appeals from criminal convictions in the U.S. District Courts constitute ______ of the workload of the U.S. Courts of Appeals.

	less than 10 percent
	about 29 percent
	43 percent
	over 50 percent

Question 26 - In 1950, Congress extended significant new due process rights in courts-martial by adopting the:

	Military Justice Act
	U.S. Joint Service Committee Act
	Uniform Code of Military Justice
	Armed Forces Court of Appeals Act

Question 27 - Which of the following is not one of the differences between military justice and state and federal justice?

	The burden of proof is less demanding.
	Three- and five-person juries are used.
	The jurors are military personnel.
	Decisions cannot be appealed.

Question 28 - A 2008 decision by this Court declared that the U.S. President was not allowed to imprison enemy combatants indefinitely without the right to habeas corpus review in federal court.

	U.S. District Court
	International Court of Justice
	U.S. Supreme Court
	United Nations Human Rights Court

Question 29 - The administrative policymaking organization of the federal judicial system, comprised of 26 federal judges, is the:

	Judicial Conference of the U.S.
	Administrative Office of the Courts
	Federal Judicial Center
	U.S. Sentencing Commission

Question 30 - The responsibilities of the U.S. Sentencing Commission include which of the following?

	Recommending to Congress appropriate modifications of substantive criminal law and sentencing procedures.
	Making sentencing recommendations after cases are adjudicated in federal court.
	Appointing judges to special tribunals and courts, such as the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.
	Implementing policies established by the Judicial Conference of the United States.