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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1969 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Brennan order on desegregation, issued to guide the lower courts, was issued __________, meaning it had no designated author.
(a) Per informa.
(b) Per justicium.
(c) Per curiam.
(d) Per solitarium.

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

3. The chief justice gets to assign opinion-writing duties under what conditions?
(a) When the oldest justice is in the minority.
(b) When the chief justice is in the majority.
(c) When the chief justice is the senior justice.
(d) When the chief justice wants to assign them.

4. Who did Chief Justice Earl Warren believe would be his replacement?
(a) Warren R. Burger.
(b) Thurgood Marshall.
(c) Potter Stewart.
(d) John Mitchell.

5. Black incorporates a list of permissible actions a judge can take to deal with unruly behavior in what decision?
(a) The Allen case.
(b) The Marshall case.
(c) The Rutherford case.
(d) The Turmond case.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does Chief Justice Earl Warren retire from the Court?

2. Warren delegates the writing of his opinion to whom?

3. Hugo Black is asked to rule on the delay of racial segregation in what state?

4. Black joins the Court as an associate justice in what year?

5. Who is the attorney for Inc. Fund when they bring the school case before the Court?

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