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

2. Hartstein v. Missouri, Miller v. California, and Wiener v. California are all cases that consider what?

3. On what day is Warren's successor offered the position?

4. Who appoints justices to the Supreme Court?

5. When Douglas goes out of town, Burger reassigns the Lloyd opinion to which Justice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three level of federal courts?

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

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

4. What are IFPs?

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

6. What does Justice Harlan believe about precedent?

7. What do law clerks generally talk about over lunch and why?

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

9. What was one of the things Stewart didn't like about the chief justice?

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

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 are the seven steps that each case which comes before the court must go through? Give examples of each step and the role each step play in the next steps. Use the book to support your answer.

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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