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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is the representative for the government in the school case before the court?
(a) Gerald Fells.
(b) Colin Religh.
(c) Jerris Leonard.
(d) Bernard Shannon.

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

5. Berger hires how many more clerks?
(a) Six.
(b) Nine.
(c) Three.
(d) Twelve.

Short Answer Questions

1. Burger keeps track of the justices workload on what?

2. In what year does Chief Justice Earl Warren retire from the Court?

3. How long was Earl Warren chief justice?

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

5. Written arguments from both sides of the case are also called what?

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