Day 2

REGARDING THE FINAL PROJECT...please fill out the following form RIGHT NOW.

If you are interested in the Senate report that came out early this week regarding CIA and torture please read the last three Tweets that I posted.  They are summative and very interesting.  If you are even more curious and have HBO GO watch the Ghost of Abu Ghraib.

REVIEW:  What did you learn about the following terms:
1.  Speech in a time of war.
2.  Flag desecration
3.  Buffer Zone
4.  School speech

CASES FOR TODAY:
1.  Map v. Ohio
2.  New Jersey v. TLO
3.  Veronia v. Acton
4.  Miranda v. Arizona

WE will start with these on Day 1
5.  Ingraham v. Graham
6.  UC v. Bakke
7.  Grutter v. Bollinger  

DAY 1

Dear 7* Students:
I will not be in class today but we need to get the following done.

1. Review the Finals project under "Finals" on the Google site.  Also look at the two rubrics.
*By Day 2 I want to know what topic you will be focusing on.
2. Your presentation will either be on Day 1 of next week OR on Friday 12/19.  I am still deciding.

FOR TODAY:
We need to complete the following cases:
1. Texas v. Johnson (emcee=Dobberstein)
2.  Morse v. Frederick (emcee=Katrina)
3.  Hustler v. Falwell (emcee=Officer Cleary)
4. Madsen vs. Women's Health (emcee=Alvin)
5.  Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (emcee=Timmy)

For Day 2...
Be read for 4,5,6,8 Amendments!!

Day 3

1.  Review Final Exam
2.  Quiz
3.  Continue with cases.

Here are some possibilities. This is not an exclusive list. 

PART A:  You will create a piece of legislation.

PART B:  You will pitch your legislation to me in a group setting.

• Civil Rights (LGBTQ rights, women's rights, minority rights, gun rights, etc.) 
• Defense (Department of Defense, private contractors, etc.)
• Economy (Unemployment, tax policies, etc.)
• Education (Public, private, K-12, higher education, etc.)
• Energy (Oil, gas, electricity, mining, alternative energy, etc.)
• Entertainment (Hollywood, Professional Sports, NCAA, etc.)
• Financial (Banks, insurance, real estate, finance, accounting, etc.)
• Food (Agribusiness, Organic, FDA, USDA, etc.)
• Foreign Policy (Israel, Afghanistan, Iraq, European Union, etc.)
• Health (Healthcare, medicine, nursing, pharmacies, etc.)
• Labor (AFL-CIO, SEIU, Teamsters, Teachers, etc.) 
• Law (Criminal, civil, constitutional, capital punishment, juvenile justice, etc.)
• Manufacturing (Automobiles, textiles, steel, chemical, etc.)
• Religion (Churches, schools, pro-life, stem cells, etc.)
• Technology (Silicon Valley, Computers, Internet, Telecommunications, etc.)

Day 2

1.  Quiz (courts, Rodney King, jury, double jeopardy)
GET Bill of Rights + 14 from Ch 11/12 on Google Site
2.  First Amendment:  RELIGION
REVIEW:  Free Exercise Clause
REVIEW:  Establishment Clause
3.  Begin with cases
4.  HW=review cases we've covered so far.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances - See more at: http://constitution.findlaw.com/amendment1.html#sthash.nedmM825.dpuent: Religion

Day 1

Review the schedule for the rest of the semester. 

1.  Pick Supreme Court case and partner
2.  Read this page about the history of juries and how jurors are chosen
3.  Begin with reviewing: the courts, Rodney King and Double Jeopardy
4.  Complete your brief (by Day 2:  I NEED A HARD COPY and YOU NEED A HARD COPY)
*From Ch 11/12 you need to get  SC Instructions and SC Rubric

HW=review your brief and 1st amendment cases...you are preparing first!

1st Amendment cases (religion, speech, press, assembly, association)
4th Amendment cases (search and seizure)
5th Amendment cases  (double jeopardy, "I plead the 5th," Miranda Rights)
6th Amendment cases (right to an attorney, speedy trial of a jury of your peers)
8th Amendment cases (no cruel and unusual punishment/no excessive bail)
14th Amendment cases (equal treatment under the law)

US v. Schenck
Kerrigan, Rouda

Unemployment Division v. Smith
Vierra, Davis

Sante Fe v. Doe
Teupel v. Hidalgo

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
Griffin v. Samonte

Westside v. Mergens
Badillo v. Kong

Texas v. Johnson
Arima v. Camacho

Morse v. Frederick
Arnold v. Wu

Madsen v. Womens Health
Buckley v. Alden

Lee v. Weisman
Dupuis v. Hall

Lemon v. Kurtzman
Kerrigan v. Cleary

Allegheny County v. ACLU
Ford v. OMalley

Mapp v. Ohio
Lynch v. Cleary

New Jersey v. TLO
OMalley v. Hidalgo

Veronia v. Acton
Wu v. Vierra

Miranda v. Arizona
Arnold v. Davis

Ingraham v. Wright
Samonte v. Camacho

UC v. Bakke
Dobberstein v. Hernandez

Grutter v. Bollinger
Lynch v. Badillo

Gideon v. Wainwright
Ford v. Teupel

Young v. US Postal Service
Buckley v. Dobberstein

Elonis v. US
Hernandez v. Rouda

Tinker v. De Moines
Griffin v. Kong

Hustler v. Falwell
Arima v. Dupuis

Kent v. US
Hall v. Alden

Day 1

1.  Finish Election of Obama movie
2.  SNL Bill Skit
3.  Crisis with Iran simulation
HW=Eat, sleep, play with younger cousins, talk to parents/grandparents!

Day 3

Dear Students,

As you watch By the People: The Election of Barack Obama please complete this form.  I am asking you to write down 5 things that you learned about the Electoral Process.

THANK YOU FOR NOT BOTHERING MR. CASTRO!!!!