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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1970 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gerald R. Ford leads an impeachment attempt against whom?
(a) Douglas.
(b) Bivens.
(c) Nixon.
(d) Rosenberg.

2. How long can the decision process take for the justices?
(a) A year.
(b) Several months.
(c) One month.
(d) The whole term.

3. When Blackmun finally makes it through all the cert petitions that are waiting his arrival on the Court, how many does he agree to grant cert for?
(a) Seven or eight.
(b) Three or four.
(c) About half.
(d) None.

4. How long was Earl Warren chief justice?
(a) 11 years.
(b) 9 years.
(c) 13 years.
(d) 15 years.

5. Black and Burger feel that desegregation can be achieved without ________.
(a) Quotas.
(b) Ratios.
(c) Rules.
(d) Busing.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who did Chief Justice Earl Warren believe would be his replacement?

3. Berger hires how many more clerks?

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

5. On what day is Warren's successor offered the position?

(see the answer key)

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