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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Supreme Court Project

Research your selected case.
You will have to create a handout suitable for distribution that includes the following:
-Name of the case
-Date
-Chief Justice at the time
-Plaintiff & Defendant
-Description of the problem
-Outcome
-What part of the constitution does the ruling apply to/come from?
-Does the case change precedent or stick to the decisions of previous cases?


Cases:
Brown v Bpard of Education, Topeka, Ka
Baker v Carr
Regents of the University of California v Bakke
Mappe v Ohio
Gideon v Wainwright
Miranda v Arizona
Wolf v Colorado
Engel v Vitale
Lemon v Kurtzman
Reynolds v United States
Oregon v Smith
Schenk v USA
Dennis v USA
Yates v USA
Brandenberg v Ohio
Korematsu v USA
USA v Cruikshaw
Roe v Wade
Dred Scott v Sanford
Reynolds v USA
Plessy v Ferguson
Gitlow v New York
Roth v USA
Furman v Georgia
USA v Leon
Texas v Johnson