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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1969 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Following the oral arguments in a case, the justices hold a conference called what?
(a) The decision conference.
(b) Meet and confer.
(c) The case conference.
(d) The conferring conference.

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

3. How many clerks does Chief Justice Earl Warren have?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As chief justice, Burger was in charge of what building?

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

4. What room does Berger want to take as his office?

5. Petitions from people who can't afford an attorney or the filing fees are called what?

(see the answer key)

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