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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The chief justice gets to assign opinion-writing duties under what conditions?

4. How are decisions of the Supreme Court announced?

5. How many judges sign onto the eventual decision in the Charlotte case?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the changes Burger makes to the court when he becomes chief justice?

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

3. Why is Burger looking for a landmark case?

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

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

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

7. What is the role of the president and the Senate in appointing justices on the Supreme Court?

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. Why does Justice Stewart work with the chief justice on drafting the Charlotte busing opinion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the background of each justice, before they are appointed to the bench, help or hinder their ability to function as an effective justice? Support your answer with evidence from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how and why the court used the Constitution to support its rulings in the issues below:

1) Desegregation.

2) Privacy.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss, using examples from the book, how the Burger court used, or didn't use, the power of the court to influence politics in the states.

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