You will be doing basic research on Supreme Court Cases and how the SCOTUS has ruled on Civil Liberties cases. You will be presenting the information to your classmates. Address the following in your research:
1. Title: Name of case and year.
2. What are the facts of the case? What are the charges and why did the case make it to the Supreme Court? Look at appeals process. Why did case get appealed?
3. What were the 2 opposing arguments of the court trial?
4. What civil liberties or rights are in question? (List the Amendment)
5. What was the outcome of the case? Give details as to how the Supreme Court ruled.
6. Why is this case still important today? Give us a summary in your OWN words.
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1. Title: Name of case and year.
2. What are the facts of the case? What are the charges and why did the case make it to the Supreme Court? Look at appeals process. Why did case get appealed?
3. What were the 2 opposing arguments of the court trial?
4. What civil liberties or rights are in question? (List the Amendment)
5. What was the outcome of the case? Give details as to how the Supreme Court ruled.
6. Why is this case still important today? Give us a summary in your OWN words.
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Engel v. Vitale (1962) Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) Mapp v. Ohio (1962) Miranda v. Arizona (1966) | Schenck v. United States (1919) Tinker v. Des Moines School District (1969) New Jersery v. T.L.O. (1985) Santa Fe ISD v. Doe (2000) Texas v. Johnson (1989) Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) United States v. Lopez (1995) Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) |