Landmark Case Briefs + Written Response

Goal: Research a landmark Supreme Court Case and create a presentation based on it

Agenda: 
Journal
CNN 10
Case Presentations
RACE Response

1. Journal
Why is it important to have Judges who are impartial?  (Impartial = not biased)

2. CNN 10
Today's news speaks specifically about the role of the Chief Justice (John Roberts) in the Senate impeachment trial. Find out more here.

3. Case Presentations
Yesterday you chose one of these cases on which to make your presentation for the class (in Google Classroom). You should be ready to present your project tomorrow.

• Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1857
• Issue: Does Congress have the constitutional power to prohibit slavery in free territories? Also, does the Constitution give African Americans the right to sue in federal court?
• Brown v. Board of Education, 1954 
• Issue: Do racially segregated public schools violate the Equal Protection Clause?
• Miranda v. Arizona, 1966
• Issue: Are police constitutionally required to inform people in custody of their rights to remain silent and to an attorney?
• Loving v. Virginia, 1967
• Issue: Did Virginia's law against interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
• Tinker v. Des Moines, 1969 
• Issue: Does the First Amendment prohibit public school officials from barring students' from wearing black armbands to symbolize anti-war political protest?
• Roe v. Wade, 1973
• Issue: Does the Constitution prohibit laws that severely restrict or deny a woman's access to abortion?
• Obergefell v. Hodges, 2015 
• Issue: Is same-sex marriage valid across all 50 states, or just in the 37 states that allow same-sex marriage? 
• Fisher v. University of Texas 
• Issue: Does the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment permit the consideration of race in undergraduate admissions decisions?

4. RACE Response
There is an assignment in Google Classroom called "RACE Response: Supreme Court Cases in Daily Life." This should be turned in by tomorrow. (For help, use your group slideshows and the article, "How Will the Justices Rule?" from last week)

Reminders: 

• Look at your grades in Powerschool and make sure everything is caught up. 
• Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to request any regrades on late or missing work.