How is a writ of certiorari similar to a certificate? How are the two different?
Both a writ of certiorari and a certificate serve to transfer a case to the Supreme Court from a lower court, although the methods by which each work to remove a case from a lower court differ; a writ of certiorari is an order by the Supreme Court to the lower court to deliver all records of a case so that the justices can review the decision, while a certificate is a request placed by a lower court asking the Supreme Court to hear a case to help certify its ruling.
