In 1981, ________ became the first woman justice on the Supreme Court.
a. Elena Kagan
b. Sandra Day O'Connor
c. Ruth Bader Ginsberg
d. Sonia Sotomayor
e. Georgia Bullock
Question -2-The appointment of Justice Sonia Sotomayorby President Obama is an example of ________.
a. a Democratic president appointing a liberal justice
b. a president appointingajustice who reflects his own political philosophies
c. the desire ofPresident Obama to move the Supreme Court in a more conservative direction
d. the value placed on justices with a strict constructionist philosophy
e. stressing diversity over ideology
Question -3-Who among the following were appointed to the Supreme Court by President George W. Bush?
a. Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsberg
b. John Roberts and Samuel Alito
c. Earl Warren and Warren Burger
d. William Rehnquist and Sandra Day O'Connor
e. Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor
Question -4-Senatorial courtesy ________.
a. gives a senator a role in appointing judges
b. means that questioning judicial nominees follows committee seniority
c. played a role in confirming judges inthe nineteenth century but is no longer practiced
d. refers to senators not criticizing one another during floor proceedings
e. requires the president to ask permission of Senate leadership before making nominations to the federal bench
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