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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1970 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Black incorporates a list of permissible actions a judge can take to deal with unruly behavior in what decision?
(a) The Rutherford case.
(b) The Allen case.
(c) The Marshall case.
(d) The Turmond case.

2. Who writes the decision in Cohen v. California?
(a) Black.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Burger.
(d) Harlan.

3. Petitions from people who can't afford an attorney or the filing fees are called what?
(a) Informational pauper petitions.
(b) Informa pauperis petitions.
(c) Informal petitions.
(d) Informational petitions.

4. The Charlotte case is appealed to the Supreme Court as _________ v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education.
(a) Madison.
(b) Black.
(c) Swann.
(d) Redding.

5. Gerald R. Ford leads an impeachment attempt against whom?
(a) Nixon.
(b) Bivens.
(c) Douglas.
(d) Rosenberg.

Short Answer Questions

1. On May 19, President Nixon has what agency begin a background check on a future justice?

2. On what day is Warren's successor sworn in?

3. When Blackmun finally makes it through all the cert petitions that are waiting his arrival on the Court, how many does he agree to grant cert for?

4. Potter Stewart is worried that what problem would become public if he took the Chief Justice spot?

5. The Utah Public Service Commission v. El Paso Natural Gas Co. is a case that has been bouncing around the courts for how many years?

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