Name of the case What was the case How did the supreme Do you agree with the

about court rule? What was courts decision? Why

their reasoning ? or why not
GRUTTER v. The case was about On June 23, 2003, in a Yes, I agree with the
BOLLINGER discrimination by the 5-4 decision, the court court’s decision.
respondent against held that the Equal
the petitioner on the Protection Clause of
basis of race which the Fourteenth
was in violation of the Amendment does not
Fourteenth prohibit the narrowly
Amendment, Title VI tailored use of race in
of the Civil Rights Act university admission
of 1964 plans as part of a
compelling interest in
promoting student
diversity. The majority
opinion was delivered
by Justice Sandra Day
O'Connor, and joined
by Justices John Paul
Stevens, David Souter,
Ruth Bader Ginsburg,
and Stephen Breyer.
Santa Fe Independent In Santa Fe Yes, I agree with the
School District v. Doe, Independent School supreme court
530 U.S. 290 (2000), District v. Doe (2000), decision,
the Supreme Court
ruled that a school
policy of beginning
football games with a
prayer led by a
nominated student
body representative
violated the First
Amendment. The case
limited the
opportunities public
schools have to
endorse religious
messages at school
ceremonies.
ROPER, Christopher Simmons In a 5-4 opinion Let me begin by
SUPERINTENDENT, was sentenced to delivered by Justice making clear that I
POTOSI death in 1993, when Anthony Kennedy, the agree with much of
CORRECTIONAL he was only 17. A Court ruled that the Court’s
CENTER v. SIMMONS series of appeals to standards of decency description of the
state and federal have evolved so that general principles that
courts lasted until executing minors is guide our Eighth
2002, but each appeal "cruel and unusual Amendment
was rejected. The punishment" jurisprudence. The
majority cited a prohibited by the Amendment bars not
consensus against the Eighth Amendment. only punishments that
juvenile death penalty The majority cited a are inherently “
among state consensus against the ‘barbaric,’ ” but also
legislatures, and its juvenile death penalty those that are “ ‘
own determination among state excessive’ in relation
that the death penalty legislatures, and its to the crime
is a disproportionate own determination committed. ” Coker v.
punishment for that the death penalty Georgia, A sanction is
minors. Finally the is a disproportionate therefore beyond the
Court pointed to punishment for state’s authority to
"overwhelming" minors. Finally the inflict if it makes “no
international opinion Court pointed to measurable
against the juvenile "overwhelming" contribution” to
death penalty. international opinion acceptable penal goals
against the juvenile or is “grossly out of
death penalty. Chief proportion to the
Justice William severity of the crime.”
Rehnquist and Justices Ibid. The basic
Antonin Scalia, Sandra “precept of justice
Day O'Connor, and that punishment for
Clarence Thomas all crime should be …
dissented. proportioned to [the]
offense Reasonable
minds can differ as to
the minimum age at
which commission of a
serious crime should
expose the defendant
to the death penalty,
if at all. Many
jurisdictions have
abolished capital
punishment
altogether, while
many others have
determined that even
the most heinous
crime, if committed
before the age of 18,
should not be
punishable by death.
Supporters say
REDUCES RED TAPE
This sort of voting reduces the
need to have too many polling
booths on elections day.
Administrations do not have to
arrange logistics for everyone,
as the burden on the sites gets
greatly reduced.
This also reduces the need for
voting machines on elections
day, which ultimately
increases the efficiency of the
process.
Opponents say
1. Minority voters
disproportionately lack
photo ID. Nationally,
up to 13% of African-
American citizens of
voting age lack
government-issued
photo ID, compared to
only 5% of whites
HEAVEN OF VOTE SKEPTIC
POLITICIANS
Early voting paves the way for
vote skeptic politicians to
create a popular uprising
based on the sentiments of the
people.
it would make it harder for
black voters in the states
affected by the voting act.