Summary about Current Supreme Court Cases:-
Current Supreme Court Cases
1- Choose a case that has either been decided or will be decided this term:
You can use the above site for a list of current cases. If you decide to research some of the cases that have gotten a lot of press recently, you are welcome to choose one of these to research:
Town of Greece v. Galloway
Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby
Fernandez v. California
Riley v. California
McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission
2- Find out the following information about your case:
• Has a decision been made in your case? If yes, what was that decision? How many Justices voted for/against the decision?
(The page for the case you are researching on OYEZ Will have this information - at the bottom of the page you can also see who voted for/against this as well as sort by ideology).
• What is the issue being discussed? Summarize the main points.
• What are the two sides of argument? Summarize those.
• Why do you think this issue this issue is important? What impact could this have?
• Do you think ideology impacted this case? If so, how?
3- Create Your Summary + Thought Questions
Combine the information you have found and create a 300-400 word summary and analysis of this issue for your initial post in your own words based on your research(Make certain to include a citation)
4- Create 1 or 2 thought questions about the article. These should be questions that help your classmates' think more deeply about the topic and their own perspective. Such as:
• If decision is made .... , what do you think would happen?
• How should the public respond to...?
• Why do you think...?
How do you feel about...?