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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was a question asked to Justice Scalia a couple of days before President Clinton nominated Ginsburg for the Supreme Court?
2. Why does segregation in many schools still exist?
3. What does Ginsburg think about the schools that openly take race into consideration when looking at student applications?
4. What does Ginsburg think about inherent differences between men and women?
5. What does Ginsburg call pregnancy discrimination?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Ginsburg believe Apartheid in America really needed to go after World War II?
2. What does Ginsburg say about her suffering from two bouts of cancer?
3. Why did Judge Palmieri give Ginsburg a chance and hire her to be his law clerk?
4. What are two things that Ginsburg says to remember and honor the late Justice Antonin Scalia?
5. What is Ginsburg’s argument for why heterosexual married couples should not worry about the benefits homosexual married couples would legally receive?
6. What were the three fronts in which work progressed for Ginsburg and her colleagues at the ACLU and law seminars?
7. What does Ginsburg say she would do if she were queen?
8. What does Ginsburg say about attending law school while being married with a child?
9. What does Ginsburg think about institutions of higher learning who clearly state that they take race into consideration when looking at applicants?
10. Why does Ginsburg believe that contraceptives must be covered in health insurance plans?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
According to Ginsburg, why does the law exist? Why does she believe this? How has it influenced her life and her work? How has this affected everyday Americans?
Essay Topic 2
Multiple times Ginsburg compares other branches of the government to that of the judicial branch. What does she say about these other branches? How do they compare to the judicial branch? Why might Ginsburg make these comparisons? What does this reveal about her opinions regarding the other branches of government? Do you agree with her? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Ginsburg repeatedly mentions that the ‘40s, ‘50s, and ‘60s were dark days for the women’s rights movement. Why might this have been? What events might have led to this slowing of progress for women? How and why?
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