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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1974 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many judges sign onto the eventual decision in the Charlotte case?
(a) Nine.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

2. Burger writes a memo that looks at the obscenity cases of the 1971 term within a doctrine called what?
(a) Stanley prevention doctrine.
(b) Stanley privacy doctrine.
(c) Stanley obscenity doctrine.
(d) Stanley perversion doctrine.

3. Hartstein v. Missouri, Miller v. California, and Wiener v. California are all cases that consider what?
(a) Child labor.
(b) Illegal searches.
(c) Death penalty.
(d) Pornography.

4. Who confirms the nominations of the president to the Supreme Court?
(a) The House of Representatives.
(b) The Senate.
(c) Congress.
(d) The attorney general.

5. Which justice writes the opinion in Hamling v. US?
(a) White.
(b) Rehnquist.
(c) Blackmun.
(d) Powell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the job of Powell's in-laws?

2. Written arguments from both sides of the case are also called what?

3. During the 1974 term, who is the court's press officer?

4. How many clerks does Chief Justice Earl Warren have?

5. The publication of the Pentagon Papers is enjoined by the federal courts on what grounds?

(see the answer key)

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