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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the issue in Phillips v. Martin Marietta?
(a) Desegregation.
(b) Illegal searches.
(c) Discrimination.
(d) Free speech.

2. How are decisions of the Supreme Court announced?
(a) In person.
(b) By television.
(c) On the internet.
(d) In writing.

3. On May 19, President Nixon has what agency begin a background check on a future justice?
(a) FBI.
(b) Attorney General.
(c) NSA.
(d) CIA.

4. Where do Warren and his clerks spend Saturdays?
(a) At the University Club.
(b) At work.
(c) At the Press Club.
(d) At the chief justice's home.

5. Potter Stewart is worried that what problem would become public if he took the Chief Justice spot?
(a) His wife's drinking problem.
(b) His wife's drug habit.
(c) His mistress problem.
(d) His drinking problem.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many judges sign onto the eventual decision in the Charlotte case?

2. On what day does Burger hold a news conference in his chambers to explain why the court did not hold a special summer session to address the busing issue?

3. Black incorporates a list of permissible actions a judge can take to deal with unruly behavior in what decision?

4. One of Warren's last acts is to overturn a decision in what case?

5. Who confirms the nominations of the president to the Supreme Court?

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