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

2. Where does Blackmun spend the summer of 1972?

3. In what year does Watergate take place?

4. What state is involved in the 1972 case in which the court has to decide if resident aliens can become members of the bar?

5. When is Nixon's successor sworn in?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is expedited review?

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

6. Who is John Doar and what is his job?

7. What does the Saxbe decision allow?

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

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

10. Why is White critical of Stevens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the rules that the Supreme Court functions under affect its ability to enforce its rulings? Cite examples from the book to support your conclusions.

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 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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