FIRST AMENDMENT STUDENT CASES:
You are going to prepare your own “brief” of a landmark Supreme Court case regarding the First Amendment. You will use the link provided in the Day 3 folder, it has a list of First Amendment Cases. You are responsible for becoming the experts on one case and reporting back to us, as a class, with your brief. Use the outline below to create your brief, which will be distributed to your peers so they may follow along when you discuss your findings. This assignment is worth 20 points.
Names of your group members:
Brief of (Name the case here)
Date of decision: (date)
Vote:(There are 9 justices on the Supreme Court. How did they vote? Was it 9-0,8-1,7-2, etc.)
Facts: (Describe and explain what happened to lead to the case being brought to the court in the first place. USE YOUR OWN WORDS! This should be at least one paragraph)
Court’s Decision: (What did the Supreme Court rule? Why did they decide that way? What was their reasoning? Summarize their ruling IN YOUR OWN WORDS! This should be at least one paragraph)
Significance:(Why and/or how was the decision significant to students and their First Amendment rights? USE YOUR OWN WORDS! This should be at least one paragraph)
FIRST AMENDMENT STUDENT CASES:
Brief of
Date of decision:
Vote:
Facts: