2.  What is the “reasonable person” standard?  Do you think this was a “true threat?”  The case is now before the Supreme Court, what happened to it in the lower courts?  What is the importance of this case?

3.  A man files suit against the Bloomington police department for violating his 4 th Amendment rights when searching his house.  A women is arrested in Normal, IL for robbing a convenience store in Indianapolis, IN.  A man commits murders in Illinois and Indiana before being arrested for robbing a bank in Ohio.  The ambassador from Iran is arrested for public drunkenness in New York City.  A woman from Iowa files a suit against a mail order company in Illinois.  A woman from Florida is arrested for mailing marijuana to her cousin in Chicago.  A teenager from Bloomington is arrested for blowing up a mailbox.  A gun shop owner in Normal is arrested for selling handguns to his customers without requiring they wait the federally mandated five days for a background check to be done.  A mailman in Bloomington is arrested for reckless driving that led to an accident that killed a pedestrian.  A retired U.S. Army captain files suit against the Veteran Affairs Department for unpaid benefits.

6.  Eric Verplaetse, owner of an American electronics company based in Brazil, failed to pay tariffs on all electronics he shipped to the U.S.  Micah Penhollow, owner of Jasso Farms, pay her employees $5.50 an hour, well below minimum wage.  Vansh Chopra opens Vanster, an online files sharing site, and allows millions to share music files, a direct copyright violation.  Issac Carter, an interior designer, requests her clients pay his in cash and does not report the income.  Kira Snelling, while working a primary election, removes ballots cast for the candidate she opposes.

7.  I can identify the three levels of the federal court system.  I can explain how court cases move through the system.  I can write a legal brief.

8. THREE LEVELS OF COURTS Trial Courts  Cases begin here.  Hear facts of the case.  Original jurisdiction. Appellate Courts  Cases are appealed here.  Decide questions of law.  Appellate jurisdiction. High Courts  Have the final say at the state or federal level.  Decide questions of law.  Original and appellate jurisdiction.

9.  94 of them  1 per state, larger states have more. 1 in Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico.  642 total judges  Traditional court procedures.  Grand and Petit juries.  Original jurisdiction over most federal cases.  Hear criminal and civil cases.

11.  12 of them  179 total judges  Hear cases in 3 judge panels.  A Supreme Court Justice oversees each Appellate court.  Briefs and oral arguments.  Judges make the decision.  Only hear cases on appeal.

12.  1 court (Washington D.C.)  9 justices – Chief Justice and 8 associates.  Briefs and oral arguments.  Judges make decision.  Decisions are FINAL.  Original and Appellate jurisdiction.  Original jurisdiction over cases involving two or more States and all cases brought against ambassadors or other public ministers.

13. Mapp v. Ohio Engle v. Vitale