Day 2

LAST CLASS MEETING!
1.  Final will be next week during either 4* or 7*
2.  Study guide is (and has been) on the google site under finals review
3.  By tomorrow at the end of the day you will know whether or not you are exempt from the final.  94% or higher-EXEMPT

TODAY
1.  Review Affirmative Action and Civil Rights Act of 1964
2.  Complete our remaining cases.
3.  FINISH STRONG!

Day 3

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1.  Absentees make sure you get notes from classmates
2.  Allegheny, Schenck, Madsen
3.  HW=review cases we've covered so far

Day 2

1.  Review two videos:  1st and 4th Amendments
1st Amendment: Censorship
4th Amendment:  Search & Seizure
2.  Rights of the Accused:  Amendments:  4,5,6,8 
2.  Argue 4th Amendment cases
3.  HW=review cases we've covered so far

Day 1

1.  Finish 1st Amendment Religion cases
2.  Review speech and press (1st Amendment)
HW=review cases we've done so far.

Day 2

1.  Meet with your partner and decide who will present the facts, the question and the Supreme Court decision and key findings.
**Reminders:  This should be in your own words, do not read directly from your sheet, facts should be detailed, Supreme Court decision should include a vote (ex. 5-4) and key findings.
2.   Review the Courts. You need Rodney King from Ch 13 (complete question #1).
3.  Review Freedom of Religion
 "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof:..."
a.) Free Exercise Clause
b.) Establishment Clause
HW=1st amendment religion cases be ready to present on Day 3

Day 1

1.  CH 11 Test (Executive Branch)
2.  Supreme Court research and memos (4th period: choose roles).
3.  Review 1st Amendment religion:  Free Exercise and Establishment Clause
4.  HW=Memos due in class on Day 2

Day 1 & 2

1.  Finish Election of 2000 video
2.  Examine 5 elections that broke the rules!
3.  War Powers and Presidential Powers: Extend vs. Limit
HW=review notes for test on day 1
 

Supreme Court Cases

1. The Prize Cases (1862)
2. Korematsu v. United States (1944)
3. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1951)
4. Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2005)

Activity - required criteria of the assignment

          I.     Brief background of the case

        II.     Issue of Controversy (one statement)

      III.     Decision and rational of the Supreme Court

      IV.     Analysis of whether the case expanded or limited the war powers of the President and/or Congress

Online Resources

      http://www.oyez.org/

      http://findlaw.com/

      http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

Questions for Discussion

1. If you were a U.S. Supreme Court justice hearing the cases presented, how would you rule and why?
2. Based upon these Supreme Court decisions, what generalizations can you make about the use or limits of war powers?