1.What happens in case of a conflict between a state law and a Federal law or a state law and a U.S. treaty?

2.How do judges exercise a policy-making role?

3.Why has the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee come under fire in recent years for the manner in which it “screens” appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court?

4. What are the provisions of Article III of the U.S. Constitution regarding the Federal judiciary?

5.What is the relationship between local, state and Federal courts?

6.What are some of the political and ideological considerations involved in U.S. Supreme Court appointments?