Although federal district courts are theoretically bound by Supreme Court precedents,they sometimes deviate because
A) the facts of a case are seldom precisely the same as those of similar cases decided by the Supreme Court.
B) federal judges may decide a different legal reasoning is justified.
C) ambiguities or unaddressed issues in Supreme Court rulings give lower courts some flexibility in deciding cases.
D) of all these factors: The facts of a case are seldom precisely the same as those of similar cases decided by the Supreme Court; federal judges may a different legal reasoning is justified; and ambiguities or unaddressed issues in the Court's rulings give lower courts some flexibility in deciding cases.
E) None of these answers is correct.
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B)13
C)50
D)94
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