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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. Who is the representative for the government in the school case before the court?
2. What circuit court of appeals rules on the order in the Charlotte case?
3. Who is appointed to Black's seat on the Court?
4. Douglas notices there is a majority of five that support what position in the Charlotte case?
5. When the court agrees to hear a case it is known as granting what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do law clerks generally talk about over lunch and why?
2. Where do Justices Black and Harlan spend their time during the break before the 1971 term?
3. What does Justice Harlan believe about precedent?
4. What is one of Warren's last acts as chief justice?
5. What was one of the things Stewart didn't like about the chief justice?
6. What does Chief Justice Burger do that Justice Douglas says he has never seen in his 33 years on the Court?
7. Why does Justice Stewart work with the chief justice on drafting the Charlotte busing opinion?
8. Why does Burger favor a rehearing in the case of Utah Public Service Commission v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.?
9. What does Justice Stewart think of Chief Justice Burger's draft of the Charlotte busing opinion that is circulated on December 8th?
10. What is the role of the president and the Senate in appointing justices on the Supreme Court?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
What drove the behavior of Chief Justice Burger while he was on the court? Cite examples from the book to support your reasoning.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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