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    Look up a case, read about it, and complete the chart below. Use the websites below to find info about each case. When done, please name the file with your period number, last name, and SCOTUS.

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    Look up a case, read about it, and complete the chart below. Use the websites below to find info about each case. When done, please name the file with your period number, last name, and SCOTUS.

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    Scot Us Case Law Scavenger Hunt

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    jakebig13
    Look up a case, read about it, and complete the chart below. Use the websites below to find info about each case. When done, please name the file with your period number, last name, and SCOTUS.

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    Directions: When the SCOTUS makes a ruling, their Opinions become Case Law.

    Meaning, though the legislature did not write it, their precedents define what is legal and illegal. Look up Supreme Court cases to find out how precedents have helped shaped the law of our country. Look up a case, read about it, and complete the chart below. You must do at least 5 of these cases. Use the websites below to find info about each case. If the case is not interested, go to the next one. When done, please name the file with your period number, last name, and SCOTUS (like this: 2LittleSCOTUS), and Share it with me! Websites to Use: http://www.supremecourt.gov/default.aspx http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm_case_law_in_the_United_States http://www.oyez.org/cases/2012 http://search.library.duke.edu/search?id=DUKE004426808 http://www.americanbar.org/publications/preview_home/alphabetical.html Cases: Citizens United v. Election Commission (2010) (politics) McDonald v. Chicago (2010) (gun rights) Texas v. Johnson (1989) (free speech) United States v. Nixon (1974) (executive branch) Roe v. Wade (1973) (abortion) Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (abortion) Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (gay rights) Miranda v. Arizona (1966) (due process) Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) (due process) Brown v. Board of Education (1954) (racism) Standard Oil Co of New Jersey v. United States (monopoly) Korematsu v. United States (1944) (racism) Dred Scott v. Sanford (slavery) Shelley v. Kraemer (racism) Engel v. Vitale (school prayer)

    Reynolds v. Sims (size of state legislature districts/racism) Griswold v. Connecticut (privacy) District of Columbia v. Heller (gun rights) Loving v. Virginia (interracial marriage) Gregg v. Georgia (death penalty) Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc v. United States (racism) Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) (trade and commerce) McColloch v. Maryland (1819) (banks and federalism) Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow (pledge of allegiance) Marbury v. Madison (1803) (origin of judicial review and Supreme Courts Power)

    Name of Case

    Year

    Background of Case. What happened? 1-2 Sentences

    What did the SCOTUS decide? 2-3 Sentences

    Final Vote

    Which clause, amendment, article, or goal do you think this case connects to. Be specific.

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