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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. Singleton v. Wulff concerns what issue?

2. Who's funeral happens while the Justices are in the middle of writing the Watergate opinion?

3. When is Nixon's successor sworn in?

4. What is the vote, for and against, in the Keyes case?

5. Who writes the opinion in Paul v. Davis?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Fourteenth Amendment say?

2. How does Powell do his research on abortion?

3. After the other justices comment on his draft decision in the Milliken case, what does Burger do?

4. What does the first reverse-discrimination case the court hears concern?

5. What is one of the Justices considerations in the reverse discrimination case?

6. Why is White critical of Stevens?

7. Why does Burger go to New York to visit Douglas on July 24th, before the start of the 1975 term?

8. What is Blackmun's formula on abortion that wins the support of the chief justice?

9. Why does Stewart not agree with the concept of letting local jurisdictions decide what pornography was?

10. Why is Douglas' situation uneasy for all of the other justices?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Which justice, not including the chief justice, was a good justice? What is your definition of a good justice? Answer the question using examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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