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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. When Douglas suffers a stroke, which hospital is he taken to?

2. Keyes v. School District No. 1 is from what state?

3. Saxbe v. Bustos is what type of case?

4. Which justice wants to write his own opinion in the Keyes case?

5. Which justice writes the first order refusing to halt the bombings?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Burger go to New York to visit Douglas on July 24th, before the start of the 1975 term?

2. What is expedited review?

3. After the other justices comment on his draft decision in the Milliken case, what does Burger do?

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

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

6. Why is White critical of Stevens?

7. What does the Fourteenth Amendment say?

8. What does Brennan not like about Burger's tactics during the 1975 term?

9. What happens to Douglas when he arrives in Nassau with his wife, Cathy?

10. Burton Marks argues a pornography in front of the court in November 1972. What is his argument?

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

How does the court's ability to choose its cases influence the decisions it makes? Cite examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how and why the court used the Constitution to support its rulings in the issues below:

1) Desegregation.

2) Privacy.

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