Common Lit Article "Getting To The Supreme Court" - USHistory.org

PART A: Which of the following best identifies the central idea of the text?

• A. Most people are educated on the workings of the Supreme Court because the expectations for the Court’s roles are clearly defined in The Constitution.
• B. Supreme Court justices are incredibly powerful since they are appointed for life and rule on the country's most important cases.
• C. The Supreme Court plays an important role in the country’s government because it takes cases that were never presented in court before.
• D. For a very long time, Presidents chose Supreme Court nominees based only on their political views, but this has changed recently.