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Suppose Congress is upset with recent decision made by the Supreme Court legalizing marijuana. Which of the following is an action they could take to “punish” the Judicial Branch?
  1. Revoke the US citizenship of all the justices.
  2. Take each justice out behind the woodshed and give them a spanking.
  3. Create a new court that outranked the Supreme Court.
  4. Fire all of the Supreme Court justices and replace them with justices that won’t make decisions like that.
  5. Eliminate all of the federal courts except the Supreme Court, thus leaving the Supreme Court to handle all of the cases by themselves.
Explanation
Answer: E- Congress has the power to create, organize, and dismantle all lower courts. So, Congress could theoretically get rid of all the lower courts (although that would probably be stupid). In fact, back in 1789, the only federal court was the Supreme Court, and each justice had to ride around the country for several months out of the year hearing small federal cases.
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