AP Government: Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Supreme Court Case Project Directions: 1. Research your four cases using one of the following sites: http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/ http://www.oyez.org http://www.streetlaw.org/en/landmark/home 2. Make one PowerPoint to present all of your cases to the class. Save your PPT as “Court Cases – T. Golibart” 3. Make sure you have taken down the critical information for your case (see below) a. Facts of the case (Who is involved? What’s the story, briefly?) b. Stare Decisis (What previous decision had the USSC made that may affect this case?) c. Constitutional Question (What was the court determining?) d. Implications (Why is this case so important? What are the potential effects?) 4. Add illustrations to show your audience what is going on and keep them interested. 5. Email your PowerPoint to me before class on the due date. Total Points: 100 Test Grade Due: My Cases: 1. __________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________ 3. __________________________________________________ Landmark Supreme Court Cases Judicial Power Baker v. Carr (1962) Separation of Powers/Federalism Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) Munn v. Illinois (1877) Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois (1886) Amendment 1: Freedom of Speech Schenck v. United States (1919) Gitlow v. New York (1925) Debs v. United States (1919) Schecter Poultry Corp. v. The United States (1933) Dennis v. United States (1951) Yates v. United States (1957) Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) Island Trees School District v. Pico (1982) Bethel School District v. Fraser (1986) Texas v. Johnson (1989) Santa Fe Independent School District v. Newdow (2004) Morse v. Frederick (2007) - TG Amendment 1: Freedom of Religion Reynolds v. US (1878) Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940) Engle v. Vitale (1962) Abington v. Schempp (1963) Epperson v. Arkansas (1968) Church of Lukumi Babalu v. City of Hialeah (1993) - TG Gonzales v. Oregon (2006) Amendment 1: Freedom of the Press Near v. Minnesota (1931) New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964) NY Times v. United States (1971) Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988) Amendment 1: Freedoms of Assembly and Petition National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie (1977) Snyder v. Phelps (2011) Amendment 2: To Keep & Bear Arms McDonald v. Chicago (2010) Amendment 4: Search & Seizure Weeks v. United States (1914) Olmstead v. United States (1928) Mapp v. Ohio (1961) Katz v. United States (1961) New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1984) - TG Stafford v. Redding (2009) Amendment 5: Self-incrimination; Double Jeopardy Miranda v. Arizona (1966) Amendment 6: Rights of the Accused Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) Amendment 9: Implied Rights (rights beyond the Constitution) Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) Roe v. Wade (1973) Amendment 14: Civil Rights Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Brown v. Board of Ed. Topeka Kansas (1954) Korematsu v. United States (1944) University of California Regents v. Bakke (1976) Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)