What is the criteria for a case to be chosen to be heard by the U. S. Supreme Court under appellate jurisdiction?
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Which statement in the passage best reflects sumer's opinion of the dred scott decision? a."i speak what cannot be denied." b."[the] judgment was sustained by a falsification of history." b."the opinion was more thoroughly abominable than anything history." i speak what cannot be denied when i declare that the opinion of the chief justice in the case of dred scott was more thoroughly abominable than anything of the kind in the history of courts. judicial baseness reached its lowest point on that occasion. you have not forgotten that terrible decision where a most unrighteous judgment was sustained by a falsification of history. -charles sumner, 1865

What is the term for a short statement about history that has not been yet been proved

How did the battle of okinawa affect president truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb against japan?