U.S. Supreme Court
Case Analysis
Overview
Analyze important concepts in constitutional
law as they relate to decisions of the Supreme
Court.
Group Activity
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Choose a partner.
Select a Supreme Court case.
Create a PPoint presentation, Word outline,
or handwritten outline of case.
Present to class.
PowerPoint Slides
TITLE OF THE CASE
SUMMARY
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Summarize the facts of the case
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
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Identify issue(s) and relate to constitutional law(s)
Write each issue in the form a question(s) and include the constitutional law(s)
ARGUMENTS
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Summarize the arguments of the Appellant and Appellee
DECISION
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Decided by which court? Who was the Chief Justice at the time?
Summarize the opinion of the Court
Provide the results from the vote of the Justices
CONCLUSION
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Do you agree or disagree with the decision of the court? Why?
REFERENCES
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MLA or APA format
Individual Activity
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List the names of the (9) current Supreme Court Justices.
Next to each Justice, write the President who appointed him
or her.
Choose one Justice, past or present, and write a biographical
profile. (Must be different from your partner.)
Supreme Court Cases
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Marbury v. Madison (1801)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Brown v. Board of Education (1955)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
Cohen v. California (1971)
United States v. Nixon (1974)
Regents of the University California v. Bakke (1978)
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988)
United States v. Eichman (1990)
United States v. Virginia (1996)
Illinios v. Wardlow (2000)
Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)
Morse v. Frederick (2007)
Sources
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http://www.oyez.org/
http://www.landmarkcases.org/
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
http://www.uscourts.gov/
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/supreme_court/
supreme_court.cfm