Which of the following is not a check that the legislative branch has on the courts?

a
the senate's power of confirmation acts as a check, because it allows the senate to have some say over who will gain seats on the courts.

b
the congressional power of impeachments, because it allows judges to be removed if they commit crimes.

c
the president's power of appointment, because it allows him to appoint only judges that he wants to the courts.

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