1. Supreme Court Case Template

2. Title of Case Story of the case Once upon a time style… Details about what happened to start this whole process

3. Outcome of the SC case / What was decided / what is PUBLIC POLICY

4. Location of Event of Case

5. Laws / Amendments Involved in Case

6. Level of Government Involved Local, state, federal Executive branch, legislative branch, judicial branch

7. Court where the Case Started / Path to Supreme Court

8. Precedents? Cases That Came Earlier and are Related? How related?

9. Amendment / Clause central to SC Ruling Be sure to anchor your explanation – The establishment clause is…. – In this case…. – Therefore….

10. Legal argument made by Plaintiff (First listed name)

11. Legal argument made by Defendant (Second listed name)

12. Specific legal clauses (If not already mentioned on previous slides)

13. Make-up of Court at time of ruling Who is on the court? Is court more liberal / conservative? Chief justice name DO NOT read every name….

14. Opinions Who wrote majority opinion? Who wrote dissenting opinion? Any concurring opinions?

15. How did this case impact rights? / Expand rights? / Limit rights?

16. Works Cited Page Have you also used INTERNAL cites (Last name) for ALL information you have learned?