Study Guide for Final Exam:

Landmark Supreme Court cases you should be familiar with:

Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Miranda v. Arizona
Gideon v. Wainwright
Roe v. Wade
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education

Terms you should know:

Stare Decisis
Writ of Habeas Corpus
Code of Hammurabi

Individuals and other stuff you will need to know for the exam:

Warren Court
Rehnquist Court
William Rehnquist
Earl Warren
Hugo Black
Thurgood Marshall
Sandra Day O’Connor
Antonin Scalia

And make sure you are generally familiar with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, pp. 564-569 in you textbook.

Links for Panisha's paper...

Here are some links to get you started...

http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/rel_liberty/publicschools/topic.aspx?topic=school_prayer

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-june00/prayerdecision.html

http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa031700a.htm

No test tomorrow, study guide will be handed out in class...

Hi all,

I will not post the study guide questions on the blog tonight. Instead, I will give you a study guide in class tomorrow. The test will be postponed until Monday.

Two celebrity legal cases in the news...

Below are links to stories about two celebrity legal cases that are in the news currently. In each case, identify the following: 1. the defendant, 2. the plaintiff, 3. the charges (what crimes were committed), 4. what court the case is (will be) heard in, 5. what legal arguments the prosecuting and defense attorney's are making or are likely to make (what is the defendant pleading), 6. your opinon on the case.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g5No12hnyS8EWTaz9u37uQYgyVTgD9B366OO0

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/opinion/03iht-edsokol.html