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

2. What is the issue in Phillips v. Martin Marietta?
(a) Desegregation.
(b) Free speech.
(c) Illegal searches.
(d) Discrimination.

3. 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) Three or four.
(b) About half.
(c) None.
(d) Seven or eight.

4. Haynsworth is nominated to fill the seat vacated by whom?
(a) Goodman.
(b) Williams.
(c) Marshall.
(d) Fortas.

5. Burger writes a memo that looks at the obscenity cases of the 1971 term within a doctrine called what?
(a) Stanley prevention doctrine.
(b) Stanley perversion doctrine.
(c) Stanley obscenity doctrine.
(d) Stanley privacy doctrine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is appointed to Black's seat on the Court?

2. On what day does Black resign from the Court?

3. On what day is Warren's successor sworn in?

4. Following the oral arguments in a case, the justices hold a conference called what?

5. What is the name of the attorney who represents the state of Texas in the abortion case before the Court?

Short Essay Questions

1. Before the court sets the written and oral briefing schedule for a case, what happens?

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

3. Why does Burger favor a rehearing in the case of Utah Public Service Commission v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.?

4. What does Justice Harlan believe about precedent?

5. Burger feels that he can distinguish his court from Warren's court by doing what?

6. What are some of the things that occur under the Warren Court?

7. What are IFPs?

8. What are the three level of federal courts?

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

10. What does Chief Justice Burger do that Justice Douglas says he has never seen in his 33 years on the Court?

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