HOW'S YOUR POLITICAL I.Q.?

1. Senate Democrats who had been filibustering some of President Bush's judicial nominees said that Republicans used the same tactic to successfully stop President Johnson's nomination of Abe Fortas as chief justice of the Supreme Court in 1968. Whom did Johnson name Portas to succeed as chief justice?

2. With Chief Justice William Rehnquist likely to retire soon, several people have suggested the President might make a recess appointment to fill the vacancy. Who was the last chief justice to receive a recess appointment?

3. Who is the only Supreme Court justice who has a brother who is a federal judge?

4. Who is the oldest justice on the Supreme Court?

5. With the issue of women in combat re-emerging in Congress, who is the only woman member of Congress who is a graduate of a military academy?

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