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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. Which amendment says that no one should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process?

2. On April 2, in the 1975 term, the justices vote seven to two on what issue?

3. Who travels to Douglas before the start of the 1975 term to try and get him to resign?

4. In what month is Marshall hospitalized with pneumonia?

5. Where does Blackmun spend the summer of 1972?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Powell do his research on abortion?

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

3. What do the other Justices decide to do when news of Douglas' stroke comes to them?

4. How does Burger get from the Netherlands to the White House for Ford's swearing-in?

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

6. Why is Douglas' situation uneasy for all of the other justices?

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

8. What does Chief Justice Burger do at his annual reunions with his law clerks?

9. What is expedited review?

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

How effectively does the court function when there are not nine Justices sitting and participating? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What makes a book a history book? Is this book a history book? if not, what genre is this book and why? Use the book to support your answer.

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