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

3. Which rule requires that a rehearing can only be considered if it was brought up by one of the justices who had sat on the case?

4. On May 19, President Nixon has what agency begin a background check on a future justice?

5. What circuit court of appeals rules on the order in the Charlotte case?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Justice Black's opinion on school desegregation and busing?

2. What are the three level of federal courts?

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

4. What are IFPs?

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

6. What is Burger's worry about his office when he becomes chief justice?

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

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

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

10. Where do Justices Black and Harlan spend their time during the break before the 1971 term?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do politics affect the decisions of the Supreme Court? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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

What drove the behavior of Chief Justice Burger while he was on the court? Cite examples from the book to support your reasoning.

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