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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: The Law (The Law and the Constitution and Lawyers, Judges, and the Practice of Law).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what is a judge bound regarding court cases?
(a) To the laws as they were created and interpreted over 200 years ago.
(b) Public opinion.
(c) The beliefs of the other branches of the government.
(d) To decide each case fairly, in accord with the relevant facts and the applicable law.

2. What is missing from the 1787 Constitution and from the Bill of Rights?
(a) Freedom of speech.
(b) The equality guarantee.
(c) Citizens are protected from unreasonable search and seizure.
(d) The right to bear arms.

3. Ginsburg became the first woman to join what prestigious group at Harvard?
(a) Harvard Women’s Organization.
(b) Harvard Honor Society.
(c) Harvard Law Review.
(d) Harvard Civil Rights Committee.

4. When Ginsburg enrolled at Harvard Law School, she was one of how many women in a class of 500 students?
(a) 9.
(b) 2.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

5. What phrase was Ginsburg known to say often?
(a) Free to be you and me.
(b) I object.
(c) I know what is best.
(d) That is not Constitutional.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Ginsburg’s biggest booster?

2. Why does Ginsburg believe Supreme court judges are infallible?

3. Who recognized Ginsburg’s keen sense of justice when he appointed her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit?

4. To what did President Bill Clinton nominate Ginsburg?

5. What does Ginsburg consider herself, regarding her interpretation of the Constitution?

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