Assume that the United States is on the verge of passing mass immigration reform laws that mandate the granting of immediate citizenship to all illegal aliens, of any nationality, at the start of the new year. The legality of the case was heard in federal court and is now in the hands of the Supreme Court. Given this information, answer the following questions. In order for the Supreme Court to hear the case, it must first request a record of the inferior court be brought forth in aprocess called: