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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who first publishs the Pentagon Papers?
(a) New York Times.
(b) Chicago Sun Times.
(c) Associated Press.
(d) Washington Post.

2. On what day does Burger circulate his draft opinion in the Charlotte case?
(a) December 10.
(b) December 11.
(c) December 8.
(d) December 9.

3. Which Justice concludes that federal judges can order whatever remedy they feel is required by the situation?
(a) Burger.
(b) Stewart.
(c) Harlan.
(d) Black.

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

5. Hugo Black is asked to rule on the delay of racial segregation in what state?
(a) Texas.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Black joins the Court as an associate justice in what year?

2. How long can the decision process take for the justices?

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

4. The Brennan order on desegregation, issued to guide the lower courts, was issued __________, meaning it had no designated author.

5. Who is the representative for the government in the school case before the court?

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