Unit 5 Case Brief Assignments

McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

Companion Case: Adamson v. California (1947)

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Companion Case: Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)

Unit 5 Cases and Potential Companions

Engel v. Vitale (1962)

Companion Cases: 

Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)

Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

Companion Cases: 

Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. Hialeah (1993)

Schenck v. United States (1919)

Companion Case: 

Brandenburg v. Ohio (1969)

Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

Companion Case: 

West Virginia v. Barnette (1943)

Texas v. Johnson (1989)

Morse v. Frederick (2007)

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

Companion Cases: 

Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

Roe v. Wade (1973)

Companion Cases: 

Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)

Lawrence v. Texas (2003)

McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

Companion Case: 

Barron v. Baltimore (1833)

Adamson v. California (1947)

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Companion Cases: 

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)

Unit 5 Power Points

Unit 5 Major Legislation

First Amendment

Religious Freedom Restoration Act (1993)

Espionage Act of 1917 and Sedition Act of 1918

Fourth Amendment

USA PATRIOT Act (2001)

Civil Rights

Emancipation Proclamation

Executive Order 8802 (1941)

Executive Order 9981 (1948)

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Equal Employment Opportunity Act (1972)

Title IX of the ESEA (1972)

Bilingual Education Act

Indian Self-Determination Act (1975)

Immigration and Nationality Act (1965)

Executive Order 9066 (1942)

Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) (1996)*

Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)

Age Discrimination in Employment Act (1967)

Unit 5 Videos

Crash Course

Civil Rights and Liberties

Freedom of Religion

Freedom of Speech

Freedom of Press

Search and Seizure

Due Process of Law

Equal Protection

Sex Discrimination

Discrimination

Affirmative Action

Khan Academy

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Last Week Tonight

SLAAP Suits

Government Surveillance

Police

Raids

Jury Duty

Bail

Death Penalty

Death Penalty - Lethal Injections

Death Penalty - Executions

Torture

Housing Discrimination

Asian Americans

LGBT Discrimination

Transgender Rights

Unit 5 Podcasts

More Perfect

"The Hate Debate" - hate speech, First Amendment (free speech), Brandenburg v. Ohio

"The Gun Show" - Second Amendment, D.C. v. Heller

"Object Anyway" - race-based juries, Sixth Amendment (right to trial by fair and impartial jury), Fourteenth Amendment (equal protection)

"Cruel and Unusual" - death penalty, Eighth Amendment, Furman v. Georgia

"American Pendelum II" - Scott v. Sandford

"American Pendelum, Part 1" - Korematsu v. United States

"The Imperfect Plaintiffs" - right to privacy, Fourteenth Amendment (due process, equal protection), Lawrence v. Texas

"The Architect" - affirmative action, Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, Grutter v. Bollinger

Civics 101

Church & State

First Amendment - Free Speech

Free Speech in Schools

U.S. Flag Code

The National Anthem

First Amendment - Free Press (See Unit 3 Media)

First Amendment - Assembly

Second Amendment

Fourth Amendment

Federal Grand Juries

Eighth Amendment

Thirteenth Amendment

Fourteenth Amendment

Fifteenth Amendment

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

DACA