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Courts

Scope of Judicial Review

Hard Look

Adjudication

Discretionary actions

FOIA request denials

Agency rules

Soft Look

Nonenforcement decisions

Interpretations of statutes by agencies

Procedural conformity to laws and precedent

Reviewability

Ripeness

Mootness

Standing

Purpose of Structure

Supreme Court ensure uniformity in decisions by reviewing cases

Courts of appeals correct errors in decisions of trial courts

Structure

94 U.S. district courts and the specialized courts

13 United States Courts of Appeal

Supreme Court

Legislative

Congressional Review Act

Committees that mirror agencies

The Congressional Budget Office

The Congressional Research Services

The Government Accountability Office