Supreme Court unit 1

SUPREME COURT – UNIT 1 – JUSTICES

TUES 11/15 – Introduction, content, and rules – Look up court cases on www.oyez.org - Assign – Each student will choose a court case and write on it. Each paper must have the facts of the case, constitutional question, conclusion, voting record, a summary of the minority opinion, and a short explanation of your opinion of the decision.(the case must have a minority opinion) - Due THURS 11/17

WED 11/16 – Explain the basic functions of the federal government, specifically the Judicial Branch and Supreme Court.

THURS 11/17 - Write a brief biography of the 9 current justices. (education, beliefs/voting record) – Due WED 11/30 - Explain the basic functions of the federal government, specifically the Judicial Branch and Supreme Court.

MON 11/28 – Write a paper on one of the past associate justices. (brief history, education, positions in government, beliefs, voting record, personality) – must have a bibliography with sources cited – Due FRI 12/2 - Explain the basic functions of the federal government, specifically the Judicial Branch and Supreme Court.

TUES 11/29 - Explain the basic functions of the federal government, specifically the Judicial Branch and Supreme Court.

WED 11/30 - Go over biography of current judges.

THURS 12/1 - Describe the history of the Supreme Court through the chief justices.

FRI 12/2 - Paper due - Continue with the history of the SCOTUS

MON 12/5 – Finish any notes - Review

TUES 12/6 – Test

STUDY GUIDE

John Jay, Oliver Ellsworth, John Marshall, Roger Taney, Salmon Chase, Morrison Waite, Melville Fuller, Edward White, William Howard Taft, Charles Evans Hughes, Harlan Stone, Fred Vinson, Earl Warren, Warren Burger, William Rehnquist, William Brennan, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Thurgood Marshall, John Marshall Harlan I, John Marshall Harlan II, William Douglass, Sandra Day O’Connor, Benjamin Cardozo, Samuel Chase, levels of federal courts, Judges Bill, all 9 current judges