12/11/09 and EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENT

Supreme Court Mini-Project Day 2

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Complete ALL of the questions related to EACH CASE!

GO THE EXTRA MILE!

EXTRA CREDIT!

CLICK THE LINK BELOW FOR THE THEMATIC ESSAY. Using the cases we've worked on (that's the easy thing to do), or other ones that you find interesting, complete the following task!

http://web000.greece.k12.ny.us/SocialStudiesResources/Social_Studies_Resources/USHG_Thematic_Essays/USHG_Thematic_Essay_06.02.pdf

Write a well-organized essay that includes an introduction, several paragraphs addressing the task below, and a conclusion.

Theme: Supreme Court Cases Concerning Constitutional Civil Liberties

The United States Supreme Court has played a major role in either
expanding or limiting constitutional civil liberties in the United States.

Task:
Identify two Supreme Court cases that have had an impact on civil
liberties in the United States.

For each case identified:


•Discuss the facts of the case
•Identify a specific constitutional civil liberty issue addressed by the
Supreme Court
•Discuss how the decision of the Supreme Court either expanded or limited a specific constitutional civil liberty in the United States


You may use any appropriate Supreme Court case from your study of United States
history. Some suggestions you might wish to consider include


Plessy v. Ferguson(1896),
Schenck v. United States (1919),
Korematsu v. United States (1944),
Brownv. Board of
Education of Topeka(1954),
Mapp v. Ohio(1961),
Gideonv. Wainwright(1963),
Miranda v.Arizona (1966),
Tinkerv. Des Moines School District(1969),
New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985).

You are not limited to these suggestions.

Here's a list of links to help you with your research:

http://www.twyman-whitney.com/apgovpol/landmarkcases2006.htm#CIVILLIBERTIES An excellent listing of all the cases involving Civil Liberties. Start here!

http://landmarkcases.org/ - A listing of the major SC cases in US History. TONS of background information.

http://northport.k12.ny.us/~patch/regreview.html - A list of the important SC cases you need for the Regents Exam. Many of these cases deal with Civil Liberties.

http://tourolaw.edu/patch/CaseSummary.asp - Another good link dealing with the cases.