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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who writes the decision in Cohen v. California?
(a) Black.
(b) Burger.
(c) Douglas.
(d) Harlan.

2. The judge in Charlotte, North Carolina, orders that desegregation be based on what?
(a) The racial composition of the student population.
(b) The racial composition of the population.
(c) The racial composition of the business districts.
(d) The racial composition of residential districts.

3. Burger believes that Warren was more interested in results than what?
(a) Legal reasoning.
(b) Legal enforcement.
(c) Constitutional law.
(d) Constitutional enforcement.

4. When Warren and his clerks got together on Saturdays, what do they watch?
(a) The news.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Classic movies.
(d) Football.

5. On what day does Burger hold a news conference in his chambers to explain why the court did not hold a special summer session to address the busing issue?
(a) July 31.
(b) June 30.
(c) August 31.
(d) September 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who confirms the nominations of the president to the Supreme Court?

2. What court decides the Mapp v. Ohio case?

3. Following the oral arguments in a case, the justices hold a conference called what?

4. Potter Stewart is worried that what problem would become public if he took the Chief Justice spot?

5. How are decisions of the Supreme Court announced?

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