Supreme Court Cases

Each group is responsible for finding the following information on their case:
    1.  Explaining the events that led to trial
    2.  Opinion of the court of original jurisdiction
    3.  The appeal (on what grounds was the case appealed to a higher court?
    4.  Map out how the case moved through the court system
    5.  Opinion(s) of the high court - explain majority, concurring, dissenting.
    6.  Impact the ruling has on us (society) today
    7.  Extra credit (if time) click on teaching tab.  Scroll down and select cartoon analysis.  Select one
         the available cartoons and answers the questions.


Go to following link(s): Street law should have most of what you need
Cornell law
Street law

6 degrees of Government Terms

Link the following terms together.  It is not necessary to define every term if the definition is obvious in your explanation.

State
Nation
Sovereignty
Democracy
Federal System
Constitution
Industrialized Nation
Autocracy
Republic
Capitalism
Free Market
Communism
Command Economy

Due in class Thursday 12/6

Characteristics of Democracy 1-3

A true democracy has characteristics that allow the people to truly rule.

Those include:
     1.  Individual liberties (First amendments - list some)
     2.  Majority rule with minority rights (Civil Rights - Japanese internment)
     3.  Free, fair, competitive, and frequent elections

     Why are each of these important to Democracy?
     Put another way...what happens when you remove one characteristic?

Democracy is more likely to succeed under the right conditions

Those include:
     1.  Active participation (becoming informed, voting, campaigns for office)
     2.  Free Enterprise (economy with strong middle class and opportunity)
     3.  Education (literacy and informed electorate)
     4.  Civil Society (groups that protect rights, inform, improve community)
                    Red Cross, Humane society, NRA
     5.  Social Consensus ( common values about government and limits)

Why are these conditions important?