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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who confirms the nominations of the president to the Supreme Court?
(a) Congress.
(b) The Senate.
(c) The attorney general.
(d) The House of Representatives.

2. When Warren and his clerks got together on Saturdays, what do they watch?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Football.
(c) Classic movies.
(d) The news.

3. Warren delegates the writing of his opinion to whom?
(a) His secretary.
(b) His clerks.
(c) His interns.
(d) His subordinate judges.

4. What is the name of the man who requests a secret session with the court regarding the Pentagon Papers?
(a) Griswold.
(b) Frost.
(c) Walters.
(d) James.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Burger does not want to be compared to which former Justice?

3. When Blackmun is appointed to the Court, he receives how many bags of cert petitions?

4. How many justices must agree to hear a case before the case can be heard?

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

(see the answer key)

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