Landmark Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

Landmark Civil Rights/Civil Liberties Supreme Court Cases

Overview: You will work in pairs (and a limited number of groups of 3) to research and present 2 landmark Supreme Court cases to the class based on the guidelines outlined on this page. Cases will be chosen and assigned at random.

Content for each case:  Background of what the dispute is about/the issue at hand  How is this issue related to the Constitution?  What was the outcome of the case (what precedent was established?)  What was the significance of the case on our civil liberties and rights

Presentation:  You can choose the method of your presentation but regardless of what kind of end product you choose, it does need to be presented to teach your classmates about the cases  You can make a: o PowerPoint o Poster o Video (using images, songs and movie maker) o An activity for the class to do (debate, discussion, etc) o Song/poem/rap o Another option of your choosing if you discuss it with me first

Grading:  You will be graded on: o Content – did you incorporate all of the required information mentioned above o Creativity/Aesthetics – you will be assessed on how visually appealing and/or how creative your product and presentation are o Presentation quality – you will be assessed on the delivery of the presentation (should be familiar with the case enough to make frequent eye contact with the audience – not just read from your materials, speak at an audible volume, etc.)

Religion: 1. Engel v. Vitale http://www.infoplease.com/us/supreme-court/cases/ar10.html http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=370&invol=421

Speech: 2. Schenck v. US http://www.infoplease.com/us/supreme-court/cases/ar37.html http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=249&invol=47 http://law.jrank.org/pages/12613/Schenck-v-United-States.html

3. Texas v. Johnson http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=491&invol=397 http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0491_0397_ZS.html

Press: 4. New York Times v. US http://www.infoplease.com/us/supreme-court/cases/ar25.html http://supreme.justia.com/us/403/713/case.html

5. Miller v. California http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1971/1971_70_73/

Search and Seizure: 6. Mapp v. Ohio http://www.infoplease.com/us/supreme-court/cases/ar19.html http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&invol=643&vol=367

7. New Jersey v. T.L.O. http://www.infoplease.com/us/supreme-court/cases/ar24.html http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0469_0325_ZS.html

Trial Rights: 8. Miranda v. Arizona http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0833372.html http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1965/1965_759/

9. Escobedo v. Illinois http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=378&invol=478 http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1963/1963_615/ http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0378_0478_ZS.html

10. Gideon v. Wainwright http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=372&invol=335 http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1962/1962_155/

Death Penalty: 11. Furman v. Georgia http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/furman.html

12. Gregg v. Georgia http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=428&invol=153

Abortion/Privacy 13. Roe v. Wade http://www.infoplease.com/us/supreme-court/cases/ar35.html

Civil Rights/Discrimination: 14. Korematsu v. US http://www.infoplease.com/us/supreme-court/cases/ar18.html 15. Dred Scott v. Sanford http://www.infoplease.com/us/supreme-court/cases/ar09.html

16. Plessy v. Ferguson http://www.infoplease.com/us/supreme-court/cases/ar29.html

17. Brown v. Board of Education http://www.infoplease.com/us/supreme-court/cases/ar04.html

18. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke http://www.infoplease.com/us/supreme-court/cases/ar32.html Powers of Congress: 19. McCulloch v. Maryland http://www.infoplease.com/us/supreme-court/cases/ar21.html

20. Gibbons v. Ogden http://www.infoplease.com/us/supreme-court/cases/ar12.html

Executive Privilege 21. U.S. v Nixon http://www.infoplease.com/us/supreme-court/cases/ar41.html