The Supreme Court Report L & C 2017 Cases in Juvenile Law
Case List Engel v. Vitale (1962) Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1983) New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985) Bethel School District #43 v. Fraser (1987) Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe (2000) Board of Education of Independent School District #92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls (2002) Roper v. Simmons (2005) In Re Gault (1967) In Re Winship (1970) Brown v. Board Education of Topeka Kansas Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)
Requirements Title (Slide) Background (Slide) Basic Question Before the Court (Slide) Decision of The Court (Slide) Societal Impact (Slide) In total you should have at least 5 slides in your presentation. Students will prepare the presentation for their primary case, and prepare questions for their 2 secondary cases.
Title Slide (1 point) Include both the title and the year the case was decided.
Background Slide (4 points) Include all background information that is pertinent to painting the picture of what the issue was that led this case to the US Supreme Court. What happened to make this a question under the law? What was decided at District Court? Appellate Court?
Question Before the Court (2 points) What is the Supreme Court being asked to determine in this case?
Decision of the Court (5 points) Determine what the majority opinion of the Court was. Determine what the dissenting opinion of justices were. Determine which right, amendment and portion of the 14th amendment this case was decided on.
Societal Impact (3 points) Determine what the lasting impact of this case was on schools, society and/or youth.
Secondary Group Questions Group should have at least 2 questions per person in group. Questions should be pertinent to the case. Questions should be prepared ahead of the presentations. Questions can also come from issues raised by the presentations themselves. 5 points
Peer Scoring You will be given the opportunity to score your peers for a maximum of 4 points. Think of it this way: Do your peers deserve an: A- 5 pts. B- 4.5 pts C- 3.5 pts D- 3 pt F- 0-2 pts
Miscellaneous Students must present their case in class. Students must make their cases portable (flash drive, Sharepoint, Google Doc etc.)