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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1974 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What justice does the ACLU go to when they do not like the ruling of the first justice?
(a) Rehnquist.
(b) Powell.
(c) Brennan.
(d) Douglas.

2. The lunch that White, Stewart, and some clerks attend in the 1973 term, where they discuss the problems they are having with Burger, becomes known as what?
(a) The flashpoint lunch.
(b) The tipping point.
(c) The conspiracy lunch.
(d) The changing point.

3. Written arguments from both sides of the case are also called what?
(a) Arguments.
(b) Papers.
(c) Memoranda.
(d) Briefs.

4. What is the other state (not Texas) who has an abortion case come before the Court in 1971?
(a) Nevada.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Arizona.

5. Who swears in Nixon's sucessor?
(a) Burger.
(b) Rehnquist.
(c) Powell.
(d) Brennan.

Short Answer Questions

1. If there were to be an impeachment trial of President Nixon, who would preside?

2. When the court agrees to hear a case it is known as granting what?

3. What movie is the movie-house operater convicted for showing in Jenkins v. Georgia?

4. Who presents the case for the president in the Watergate argument before the Court?

5. Who writes the dissent in San Antonio v. Rodriguez?

(see the answer key)

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