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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. Black incorporates a list of permissible actions a judge can take to deal with unruly behavior in what decision?
(a) The Marshall case.
(b) The Rutherford case.
(c) The Allen case.
(d) The Turmond case.

2. The United States Supreme Court belongs to which branch of government?
(a) Judiciary.
(b) Legislative.
(c) Congress.
(d) Executive.

3. Who first publishs the Pentagon Papers?
(a) Chicago Sun Times.
(b) Associated Press.
(c) Washington Post.
(d) New York Times.

4. How long can the decision process take for the justices?
(a) The whole term.
(b) Several months.
(c) A year.
(d) One month.

5. Where do Warren and his clerks spend Saturdays?
(a) At work.
(b) At the University Club.
(c) At the chief justice's home.
(d) At the Press Club.

Short Answer Questions

1. What circuit court of appeals rules on the order in the Charlotte case?

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

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

4. One of Warren's last acts is to overturn a decision in what case?

5. How long was Earl Warren chief justice?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Gerald R. Ford try to impeach Douglas?

2. How does the court view the abortion cases?

3. What is the issue in Griggs v. Duke Power Co.?

4. What is one of Warren's last acts as chief justice?

5. What is one of the assignments that a Supreme Court justice has?

6. Why does Nixon package the nominations of Powell and Rehnquist together for passage through the Senate?

7. When Justices Black and Harlan leave the Court, what do the remaining Justices do?

8. When thinking about what opinion he should have on the Charlotte case, what does Justice Douglas have concerns with?

9. What is the solicitor general's argument in the Charlotte busing case?

10. What does Justice Stewart think of Chief Justice Burger's draft of the Charlotte busing opinion that is circulated on December 8th?

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