American Government - Supreme Court Case Studies

Directions:

1.) Complete the worksheets completely. Responses of unduly abbreviated length will get little to no credit. In other words, fill up the space provided.
2.) Write your case study. Requirements:
* 1 page per case study
* Title of the case at top of page
* 1.5 line spacing, size 12 font, normal margins
* Content:
- Summarize the case
- Analyze the arguments (Are they strong or weak? Where do they fall apart? What makes them persuasive? etc.)
- Which side do you take? What is your argument? Explain your reasoning.
3.) Bibliography - turn in on a separate sheet of paper, titled Bibliography
- Each case study must be supported by two sources. One may be an encyclopedic source, such as Wikipediea, but the other should be a .Edu website - or some other site approved by me.
- Use this website to fill out your bibliography: http://citationmachine.net/ - Use MLA style.

Some useful websites:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/supreme_court/supreme_court.cfm

http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html

http://www.supremecourt.gov/

http://www.enotes.com/supreme-court-drama

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/home.html

http://www.streetlaw.org/en/landmark.aspx

http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/page.aspx?pid=469