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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 swears in Nixon's sucessor?

2. When is Nixon's successor sworn in?

3. Singleton v. Wulff concerns what issue?

4. Who disqualifies himself from the Watergate tapes case?

5. What state does San Antonio v. Rodriguez come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brennan see the decision in Warth v. Seldin as doing?

2. In the 1973 term, how does the court deal with obscenity?

3. What does Burger do when he finds out the abortion opinion has been leaked to the press before its release date?

4. What does the Fourth Amendment require?

5. How does Powell do his research on abortion?

6. What is one of the Justices considerations in the reverse discrimination case?

7. When Burger circulates his decision on the Milliken case in April, what does Powell find?

8. What does the Saxbe decision allow?

9. What does the Fourteenth Amendment say?

10. What is Blackmun's formula on abortion that wins the support of the chief justice?

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

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 effect can presidents have on the Supreme Court? Cite examples from the book to support your answer.

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