POLITICS AND THE LAW

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Jump to... Jump to... 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 THURSDAY 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 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 !!

sample student brief (as a precedent case): WISCONSIN V. YODER ►