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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 1973 Term.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The publication of the Pentagon Papers is enjoined by the federal courts on what grounds?
(a) Harmful content.
(b) National security.
(c) Illicit content.
(d) Prior restraint.

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

3. In what month does the ACLU appeal the Court of Appeals decision to lift the injunction to the Supreme Court
(a) July.
(b) September.
(c) October.
(d) August.

4. Which justice writes the opinion in the Keyes case?
(a) Blackmun.
(b) Powell.
(c) Brennan.
(d) Douglas.

5. Who is the attorney for Inc. Fund when they bring the school case before the Court?
(a) Clark Emch.
(b) Jordan Mitchell.
(c) Regan Lewis.
(d) Jack Greenbery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which justice writes the first order refusing to halt the bombings?

2. Which justice writes the opinion in Hamling v. US?

3. The chief justice gets to assign opinion-writing duties under what conditions?

4. Burger writes a memo that looks at the obscenity cases of the 1971 term within a doctrine called what?

5. What state does San Antonio v. Rodriguez come from?

(see the answer key)

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