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THURSDAY CLASS
THURSDAY CLASS
* semester exam discussed -- multiple choice
* discussion of moot court project cases
◄ WEDNESDAY CLASS
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Mr. Joyce's Classes (blog)
POLITICS project
Judiciary
POLITICS AND LAW News forum
OYEZ (Supreme Court site)
Morse Morning Announcements
American Government videos
Constitutional Law Cases
OYEZ -- Supreme Court cases
School Law
briefs
Maine Supreme Court website
Appeals Court Brief Format
FINDLAW
SUPREME COURT JUSTICES over time
Cornell Law School
Magruder's American Government textbook
Magruder's Government textbook access codes
On-line courtroom pilot program
We the People text
We The People: The Citizen and the Constitution text
MAINE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
Landmark Cases of the Supreme Court
Bill of Rights: Cases and Controversies
First Amendment Center
Bill of Rights Institute
Political Cartoons Today
Maine Supreme Judicial Court
25 Greatest Legal Films (American Bar Association)
Government videos
MSNBC News
CBS video news
U.S. Supreme Court
Street Law textbook
CNN News
How to Write a Brief: Guide
Map -- Africa and the Middle East
N.Y. Times upfront
10 Supreme Court Cases Every Teen Should Know: Part 1
10 Supreme Court Cases Every Teen Should Know: Part 2
Beyond TINKER -- children & teenagers rights in the legal system
USA Today
death penalty: 15-year-old Wayne Thompson
The Law Today: 12-year-old faces life in prison
It's no laughing matter -- analyzing political cartoons
Terrorizing statute -- Maine
Wayne Thompson on death row
Ingraham v. Wright cartoon
Ingraham v. Wright review activity
Ingraham v. Weight (OYEZ) summary
Ingraham v. Wright (full decision)
I'm Proud to Be an American
HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!
MONDAY CLASS
TUESDAY CLASS
WEDNESDAY CLASS
New York v. Belton (1981)
Search of automobile following arrest
Moot Court oral argument -- search of an automobile incident to arrest
UNITED STATES V. VIRGINIA (1996) -- equal protection and gender discrimination
PRECEDENT CASE FOR DAVIS: Bennett v. Kentucky Department of Education
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA v. GALE (2000) -- 1st Amendment and discrimination
PRECEDENT CASE FOR WISCONSIN: Braunfeld v. Brown
PRECEDENT CASE FOR WISCONSIN: Reynolds v. United States
MONDAY CLASS
Moot Court Lessons 1 & 2: Group Activity
TUESDAY CLASS
Federal and State Court Systems
WEDNESDAY CLASS
MOOT COURT LESSONS 3,4 & 5: A Mini-Case Study
FRIDAY CLASS
MONDAY CLASS
POLITICS & THE LAW: The Role of Congress -- reading study guide
TUESDAY CLASS
"Murder of Innocence" -- WCSH6 news report
THURSDAY CLASS
Supreme Court and Voting Rights Bill
Student dress code case
Scales of Justice -- Government Role
Government video: Civil War Amendments (13,14,15) -- Background to BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
Supreme Court Justices in 1954
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION (1954)
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION: the precedents
CIVIL WAR AMENDMENTS: 13th, 14th, 15th
SEGREGATION MAP IN 1954
Plessy v. Ferguson summary
PLESSY V. FERGUSON (1895)
STATE OF MISSOURI EX REL. GAINES v. CANADA (1938)
SWEATT v. PAINTER (1949)
"Simple Justice" internet link -- synopsis of movie
Social Science Evidence of Racism: "Simple Justice" clip
Brown v. Board of Education oral argument
MONDAY CLASS
CARTOON: BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION (1954)
WEDNESDAY CLASS
Justice Scalia on the Voting Rights Act -- cartoon
Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Senate
2nd Amendment
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. HELLER (2008)
THURSDAY CLASS
Youth Court website -- Maine
Youth Court website -- national organization
POWERS OF CONGRESS -- The Constitutional Convention
FRIDAY CLASS
CURRENT EVENTS (3/7/13): Judge Strikes Down Restrictive Idaho Abortion Law
9th Amendment
Government video: DEFINING FEDERALISM
Moot Court Project Descriptor
TUESDAY CLASS
WEDNESDAY CLASS
POLITICS & LAW MOOT COURT JUSTICE SIGN-UPS
Appellate briefs and student briefs -- what's the difference?
Sample appellate brief
sample student brief (as a precedent case): WISCONSIN V. YODER
THURSDAY CLASS
WEDNESDAY CLASS
CURRENT EVENTS REPORT: ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN CONGRESSIONAL PROPOSAL
THURSDAY CLASS
Emmitt & Mamie Till
DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER
Federalism chart
10th Amendment
POWERS OF CONGRESS -- civil rights
MONDAY CLASS
TUESDAY CLASS
WEDNESDAY CLASS
U.S. SUPREME COURT -- GAY MARRIAGE (CARTOON)
Quotes from Supreme Court justices on gay marriage cases
Oral arguments on Proposition 8
Current Events: Amanda Knox murder case -- Is extradition automatic?
double jeopardy clause
FRIDAY CLASS class
MONDAY & TUESDAY CLASSES
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Understanding the BROWN v. BOARD OF EDUCATION (1954) reversal of PLESSY V. FERGUSON
U.S. Supreme Court and Gay Marriage Cases (Wall Street Journal)
The Emmett Till Case: Case Western Reserve University - School of Law
Rosa Parks commemoration
Civil Rights Cases -- student brief (OYEZ)
Civil Rights Cases (1882) -- commentary
EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT
14th amendment DUE PROCESS CLAUSE
Rosa Parks and the birth of the modern Civil Rights movement-- December 1, 1955
BROWDER V. GAYLE (1956)
Civil Rights Law of 1957
Little Rock Nine and Federal intervention
Little Rock Nine -- video
State challenges to the BROWN decison -- Cooper v. Aaron (1958)
THURSDAY CLASS
FRIDAY CLASS
MONDAY CLASS
WEDNESDAY CLASS
Fred Korematsu - youtube
THURSDAY CLASS
FRIDAY CLASS
Government video-clip: Civil Rights: The Kennedy-Johnson Era
TUESDAY CLASS
BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING & BALANCING OF POLICY WITH LAW
WEDNESDAY CLASS
"LINCOLN"
LINCOLN: film trailer
THURSDAY CLASS
MONDAY CLASS
Declaration of Independence and "natural rights theory"
The U.S. Constitition and the emergency powers of the Cheif Executive (Article II)
TUESDAY
UNITED STATES DURING THE CIVIL WAR (map)
CIVIL WAR AMENDMENTS
WEDNESDAY CLASS
FRIDAY CLASS
TUESDAY CLASS
Donna Bush free speech case -- Moot Court competition
Berkeley Moot Court Competition (2011)
THURSDAY CLASS
FRIDAY CLASS
Government video: Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment
POLITICS AND LAW: ABC news: 1st Amendment case study
MOOT COURT -- "tipping" the scale of justice
U.S. SUPREME COURT ORAL ARGUMENTS
Appeals Court hearing set-up
Mock Supreme Judicial Court oral argument
MAINE SUPREME COURT LIVE AUDIO STREAM OF ORAL ARGUMENTS
MOCK HEARINGS (MOOT COURT) -- descriptor
ORAL ARGUMENTS -- MOCK SUPREME COURT SESSIONS
Moot Court Competitions (high school students)
Moot Court examples on YouTube
MONDAY CLASS: Jeff/Josh V (HAMDEN) -- JUSTICES: Jericho, Myles, Paul, Molly
HAMDAN v. RUMSFELD (2005) -- habeas corpus and Executive Authority
WEDNESDAY CLASS: Allison/Kaitlyn S. (GONZALES) -- JUSTICES: Max, Colin, Josh M, Kaitlyn D.
GONZALES v. CARHART (2006) -- Partial Birth Abortion Act and reproductive choice
THURSDAY CLASS: Bryn/Kyle (GRUTTER) -- JUSTICES: Trevor, Ben, Allison, Kaitlyn S.
GRUTTER V. BOLLINGER (2002) --Civil Rights Act and Affirmative Action
FRIDAY CLASS: Ben/Trevor (PGA TOUR) -- JUSTICES: Jeff, Josh V., Bryn, Kyle
PGA TOUR, INC., V. MARTIN (2001) -- Americans With Disabilities Act and discrimination
TUESDAY CLASS: Jericho/Myles (CRUZAN) -- JUSTICES: Paul, Molly, Max, Colin
CRUZAN v. MISSOURI DEPT. OF HEALTH (1990) -- "right" to die
WEDNESDAY CLASS: Josh M./Colin (DAVIS) -- JUSTICES: Trevor, Ben, Jericho, Myles
DAVIS V. MONROE (1999) -- Title IX Education Act and sexual harassment
THURSDAY CLASS: Max/Paul (NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS ET AL.) JUSTICES: Josh M., Allison, Kaityln D., Jeff
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS v. SEBELIUS -- national health care
Memorial Day -- May 27
Current Events
N.Y.Times upfront
Constitutional Law cases
Landmark Cases
TUESDAY CLASS: Molly/Kaitlyn D. (HELLER) -- JUSTICES: Josh V., Kaitlyn S.,Bryn, Kyle
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. HELLER (2008) -- gun control
EQUAL PROTECTION ACTIVITY -- Korematsu case
WEDNESDAY CLASS
THURSDAY CLASS
SCALES OF JUSTICE
In whose court is the ball? -- case studies
Supremacy Clause and Federal Pre-emption
POLITICS & LAW -- Civil Rights Movement & Gender
Should Race Matter? -- Affirmative Action in the 21st Century
Government video-clip: Affirmative Action Programs
NBC news report on the Rodney King beating
Power sharing in Unitary, Confederal and Federal systems
Unitary system of government power diagram (for example, England)
Confederal system of government power diagram
American federal system of government
Comparison chart: confederal and federal systems of government
Federal system of government power diagram (for example, U.S.)
MONDAY CLASS -- Unit 4/Final Exam
POLITICS & THE LAW exam #3 -- The Legislative Branch (closed book/notes)
POLITICS & THE LAW exam #3 -- The Legislative Branch (open book/notes)
LEVELS OF EQUAL PROTECTION
GRADUATION !!
TUESDAY CLASS
"A Civil Action: Case Study" (website)
WEDNESDAY CLASS
A Civil Action
A Civil Action (civil trial process: movie trailer)
"A Civil Action -- Another Government Buy-Out?
Why isn't the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) involved in the Woburn pollutions cases?
FRIDAY CLASS
Anderson v. Cryovic
"A Civil Action" -- the trial
"Civil Action" film study guide
A Civil Action
MONDAY CLASS
"A Civil Action -- The Real Story" (website)
Trend away from jury trial -- article
"A Civil Action" -- after the trial
FINAL EXAM SESSION-- TUESDAY JUNE 11 (7:45-9:15) -- "A Civil Action" QUIZ
SUMMER VACATION !!
New York v. Belton (1981) ►