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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who writes the decision in Cohen v. California?
(a) Harlan.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Black.
(d) Burger.
2. What is the other state (not Texas) who has an abortion case come before the Court in 1971?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Arizona.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Nevada.
3. Black and Burger feel that desegregation can be achieved without ________.
(a) Quotas.
(b) Rules.
(c) Busing.
(d) Ratios.
4. How long can the decision process take for the justices?
(a) One month.
(b) Several months.
(c) The whole term.
(d) A year.
5. Douglas notices there is a majority of five that support what position in the Charlotte case?
(a) Desegregation without interference.
(b) Busing.
(c) McMillan order.
(d) Burger's position.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which Justice concludes that federal judges can order whatever remedy they feel is required by the situation?
2. In Charlotte, North Carolina, what is the name of the judge who orders desegregation in Mecklenberg County?
3. What room does Berger want to take as his office?
4. When Warren and his clerks got together on Saturdays, what do they watch?
5. Who is appointed to Harlan's seat on the Court?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the three level of federal courts?
2. How many justices sit on the Supreme Court, and how do they arrange duties?
3. What is Burger's worry about his office when he becomes chief justice?
4. Where do Justices Black and Harlan spend their time during the break before the 1971 term?
5. Why does Justice Stewart work with the chief justice on drafting the Charlotte busing opinion?
6. What is the role of the president and the Senate in appointing justices on the Supreme Court?
7. Why does Nixon package the nominations of Powell and Rehnquist together for passage through the Senate?
8. What is one of Warren's last acts as chief justice?
9. What does "granting cert" mean?
10. What is the issue in Griggs v. Duke Power Co.?
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