<Li> Determines how a law acts to determine the disposition of prisoners </Li> <Li> Determines how a law acts to compel testimony and the production of evidence </Li> <Li> Determines how laws should be interpreted to assure uniform policies in a top - down fashion via the appeals process, but gives discretion in individual cases to low - level judges . (The amount of discretion depends upon the standard of review, determined by the type of case in question .) </Li> <Li> Polices its own members </Li>

What are the powers that lie within the states called