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Praxis II Government and Political Science

Category - Constitution & Rights

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Of the following, who has the responsibility, according to the Constitution, to create additional federal courts and assign the number of judges who will preside in them?
  1. The president
  2. The secretary of the Department of Justice
  3. The Congress
  4. The attorney general
Explanation
Answer: C - Congress has the responsibility to create additional federal courts and assign the number of judges who will preside in them. The power to create federal courts and to assign the number of judges who will preside in them is granted to Congress in the Constitution. If there were ever a movement to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court, that increase would have to be determined by Congress.
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