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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) Meet and confer.
(b) The decision conference.
(c) The conferring conference.
(d) The case conference.

3. How long does each side normally get during oral arguments?
(a) As long as they want.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) 60 minutes.
(d) 30 minutes.

4. When Blackmun finally makes it through all the cert petitions that are waiting his arrival on the Court, how many does he agree to grant cert for?
(a) About half.
(b) Three or four.
(c) Seven or eight.
(d) None.

5. Who did Chief Justice Earl Warren believe would be his replacement?
(a) Warren R. Burger.
(b) Thurgood Marshall.
(c) Potter Stewart.
(d) John Mitchell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Warren and his clerks spend Saturdays?

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

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

4. Who confirms the nominations of the president to the Supreme Court?

5. How many justices write the majority opinion?

(see the answer key)

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