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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Brennan approaches the issue of abortion on the basis of what other right?

2. How many more clerks does Berger originally want to hire?

3. 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?

4. Who is the Inc. Fund attorney in the Charlotte case?

5. When Douglas goes out of town, Burger reassigns the Lloyd opinion to which Justice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the solicitor general's argument in the Charlotte busing case?

2. Why is Burger looking for a landmark case?

3. Burger feels that he can distinguish his court from Warren's court by doing what?

4. What are the three level of federal courts?

5. What is the role of the president and the Senate in appointing justices on the Supreme Court?

6. What is Justice Black's opinion on school desegregation and busing?

7. How does the court view the abortion cases?

8. What does Chief Justice Burger do that Justice Douglas says he has never seen in his 33 years on the Court?

9. What does Justice Stewart think of Chief Justice Burger's draft of the Charlotte busing opinion that is circulated on December 8th?

10. Before the court sets the written and oral briefing schedule for a case, what happens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the seven steps that each case which comes before the court must go through? Give examples of each step and the role each step play in the next steps. Use the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

How does the court's ability to choose its cases influence the decisions it makes? Cite examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss, using examples from the book, how the Burger court used, or didn't use, the power of the court to influence politics in the states.

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