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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has to negotiate every paragraph of the Charlotte opinion with Burger?
(a) Black.
(b) Harlan.
(c) Stewart.
(d) Blackmun.

2. The chief justice gets to assign opinion-writing duties under what conditions?
(a) When the chief justice wants to assign them.
(b) When the chief justice is in the majority.
(c) When the oldest justice is in the minority.
(d) When the chief justice is the senior justice.

3. On what day is Warren's successor sworn in?
(a) July 23.
(b) June 20.
(c) July 20.
(d) June 23.

4. 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?
(a) June 30.
(b) August 31.
(c) July 31.
(d) September 30.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Gerald R. Ford leads an impeachment attempt against whom?

2. On what day is Warren's successor offered the position?

3. In Charlotte, North Carolina, what is the name of the judge who orders desegregation in Mecklenberg County?

4. The Charlotte case is appealed to the Supreme Court as _________ v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education.

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

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