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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. Haynsworth is nominated to fill the seat vacated by whom?

2. What is the famous case about abortion that the Supreme Court hears?

3. Blackmun had been general counsel at what location when he was in private practice?

4. Warren delegates the writing of his opinion to whom?

5. When the Charlotte case is remanded to the lower court, how many days of hearings are held?

Short Essay Questions

1. How many justices sit on the Supreme Court, and how do they arrange duties?

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

3. What does the book mean when it says that the Supreme Court performs its work in secret?

4. What are the three level of federal courts?

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

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

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

8. What does Justice Harlan believe about precedent?

9. How does the court view the abortion cases?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book to support your answer, was Burger a good chief justice? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What caused conflict between the chief justice and the other justices and how did this affect the court? Cite examples from the book to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What do the various justices in the book believe the role of the Supreme Court is? Cite examples to support your reasoning.

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