Remake of CCOT of the US Supreme Court by Madison Davis https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan Working with your group you will create a "timeline" of significant court cases. Using the cases you have to choose from in class, research them, add them to the proper category with a summary. en-us 2018-10-16 13:43:45 UTC 2018-10-17 14:32:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png Your boxes should look something like the one below for each court case. 20mdavis2 https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293328792
  • Date
  • Constitutional issue (posed as a question)
  • Decision (answer to question)
  • Votes for majority/dissenting opinion

    • ]]>     2018-10-16 13:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293328792     Marbury v. Madison 20mdavis2 https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293328793  Date: 1803
    Questions: Which branch of government is most powerful?
    Decision: They are all equal as this cases establishes the ability of the Supreme Court to determine the Constitutionality of a law
    Votes: 4 majority
                      2 dissenting ]]>     2018-10-16 13:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293328793     Change/ Continuities 20mdavis2 https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293328795 At the end of each column provide an evaluation of what has changed or what has stayed the same over time for the given category. ]]> 2018-10-16 13:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293328795 New York Times v. Sullivan 20mdavis2 https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293332411 Date: Janurary 6th, 1964
    Questions: Did Alabama's libel law unconstitutionally infringe on the First Amendment's freedom of speech and freedom of press protections?
    Decision: The Court agreed with the New York Times. The Court said it is not enough to show that it is false for the press to be liable for libel. Instead, the target of the statement must show that it was made with knowledge of or reckless disregard for its falsity.
    Votes: 9 majority, 0 minority

    ]]>     2018-10-16 13:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293332411     Tinker vs. Des Moines 20zstockbower https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293332574 Date: February 24, 1969
    Questions: Why do the students have the right to wear the black armbands?
    Decision: The Supreme Court thought the students free rights should be protected and they don't shed their
    Votes: 7 majority, 2 dissenting]]>     2018-10-16 13:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293332574     Bethel v. Fraser 20abova https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293334757 Date: July 7, 1986
    Question: Can a school limit a students free speech based on sexual innuendos?
    Decision: A school has the right to suspend a student who has violated the schools code of conduct, even if it invovles a constitutional right, like free speech.
    Votes: 7 majority 2 dissenting]]>     2018-10-16 13:51:46 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293334757     Texas v. Johnson https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293335957 Date: 1989
    Questions: Whether flag burning constitutes "symbolic speech" protected by the First Amendment?
    Decision: That flag burning constitutes a form of "symbolic speech" that is protected by the First Amendment. 
    Votes: 5 majority, 4 minority]]>     2018-10-16 13:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293335957     Washington v. Glucksberg https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293340294 Date: 1997
    Questions: Did Washington's ban on physician assisted-suicide violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause by denying competent terminally ill adults the liberty to choose death over life?
    Decision: They assert a liberty interest protected by the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause which extends to a personal choice by a mentally competent, terminally ill adult to commit physician assisted suicide.
    Votes: 9 majority]]>     2018-10-16 13:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293340294     Abington School District v. Schem 20abova https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293340453 Date: June 17, 1963
    Question: Did a law in Pennsylvania requiring the bible to be read at the beginning of each school day violate the constitutional right of religious freedom?
    Decision: The goverment condoning or forcing anyone to read or recite any religous prayers is unconstitutional and violates the first ammenment.
    Vote: 8 majority, 1 dissenting]]>     2018-10-16 13:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293340453     FCC v. AT&T 20mdavis2 https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293340522 Date: Janurary 19, 2011
    Question: May corporations assert personal privacy interests to prevent the government from releasing documents about them?
    Decision: The court held that corporations do not have a right of personal privacy that would protect them from the disclosure of public records that have been handed over to federal agencies.
    Votes: 8 majority, 0 minority
    Kagan took no part in the decision.]]>     2018-10-16 13:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293340522     Roe v. Wade https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293343819  Date: 1971
    Questions: Does the Constitution embrace a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy by abortion? 
    Decision: The Court held that a woman's right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. 
    Votes: 7 majority, 2 dissenting ]]>     2018-10-16 14:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293343819     NASA vs. Nelson 20zstockbower https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293344205 Date: January 19, 2011
    Questions: Does the government violate a federal contract employee's constitutional right to ask private questions if they have any reason to believe she is unsuited to work in a federal facility?
    Decision: No, NASA nor the government have the right to violate employee's right.
    Vote: 8 majority, 1 dissenting ]]>     2018-10-16 14:03:37 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293344205     Sante Fe School District v. Doe 20abova https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293346866 Date: Jun 19, 2000
    Question: Does student lead, student initited prayer at football games violate the first ammdment? 
    Decision: The student lead prayer violates the first ammenmment because it is done over a government funded speaker in a government funded school. The prayer should be a private speech not public.
    Vote: 6 majority 3 minority]]>     2018-10-16 14:07:08 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293346866     Engle v. Vitale 20mdavis2 https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293347197 Date: Apr 3, 1962
    Question: Does the reading of a nondenominational prayer at the start of the school day violate the "establishment of religion" clause of the First Amendment?
    Decision: The state cannot hold prayers in public schools, even if participation is not required and the prayer is not tied to a particular religion. 
    Vote: 6 majority, 1 minority

    ]]>     2018-10-16 14:07:32 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293347197     Schenck v. United States https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293350490 Date: 1919
    Questions: Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his First Amendment right to freedom of speech?
    Decision: Articulating for the first time the “clear and present danger test,” Holmes concluded that the First Amendment does not protect speech that approaches creating a clear and present danger of a significant evil that Congress has power to prevent.
    Votes: 9 majority
                    ]]>     2018-10-16 14:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293350490     Change/ Continuities 20mdavis2 https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293358630 Privacy has changed a little since technology has evolved. ]]> 2018-10-16 14:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293358630 Brown v. Board of Education 20abova https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293834204 Date: May 17, 1954
    Question: Does the banning of African Americans in certain schools break the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
    Decision: The seperation of races in schools is never equal therefore it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. 
    Vote: 9 majority]]>     2018-10-17 13:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293834204     Dred Scott v. Sanford 20abova https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293837711 Date: March 6, 1857
    Question: Can a slave imported to a free state be a citizen?
    Decision: Because Dred Scott came to America as a slave and because he is black he is not a citizen, even if he lives in a state where slavery is illegal. Therefore he has no legal standing to bring this case to the supreme court.
    Votes: 7 majority, 2 dissenting]]>     2018-10-17 13:38:02 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293837711     Mapp v. Ohio https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293839773 Date: 1961
    Questions: Were the confiscated materials protected by the First Amendment?
    Decision: They declared that all evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the Fourth Amendment is inadmissible in a state court. 
    Votes: 6 majority, 3 dissenting ]]>     2018-10-17 13:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293839773     Miranda v. Arizona 20mdavis2 https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293840888 Date: Jun 13, 1966
    Question: Does the Fifth Amendment’s protection against self-incrimination extend to the police interrogation of a suspect?
    Decision: The Fifth Amendment requires that law enforcement officials advise suspects of their right to remain silent and to obtain an attorney during interrogations while in police custody. The Miranda laws come from.
    Votes: 5 majority, 4 minority]]>     2018-10-17 13:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293840888     Bush vs. Gore 20zstockbower https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293841013 Date: December 12, 2000
    Questions: Do standard less manual recounts violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Constitution?
    Decision: They agreed that they violated the Equal Protection Clause but, they dissented with respect to the remedy, believing that a constitutional recount could be fashioned
    Vote: 7 majority, 2 dissenting]]>     2018-10-17 13:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293841013     Plessy v. Ferguson https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293841755 Date: 1896
    Questions: Does the Separate Car Act violate the Fourteenth Amendment? 
    Decision: Segregation did not in itself constitute unlawful discrimination.
    Votes: 7 majority, 1 dissenting ]]>     2018-10-17 13:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293841755     Escobedo v. Illinois 20abova https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293842995 Date: Jun 22, 1964
    Question: Did denying Danny Escobedo a lawyer as soon as he arrived for interigation violate his fourth ammendment right to legal counsil?
    Decision: Denying Escobedo an attorney during an interrigation is unconstitutional. Therefore his confession is inadmissible and cannot be used in his case.]]>     2018-10-17 13:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293842995     Tinker v. Des Moines https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293844858 Date: 1969
    Questions: Does a prohibition against the wearing of armbands in public school, as a form of symbolic protest, violate the students' freedom of speech protections guaranteed by the First Amendment?
    Decision: The Supreme Court held that the armbands represented pure speech that is entirely separate from the actions or conduct of those participating in it.
    Votes: 7 majority, 2 dissenting ]]>     2018-10-17 13:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293844858     Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293847272 Date: 1935
    Questions: Did Congress unconstitutionally delegate legislative power to the President by giving him power to regulate certain industries without also providing guiding standards?
    Decision: The President cannot be allowed to have unbridled control to make whatever laws he believes to be necessary to achieve a certain goal.
    Votes: 9 majority
                   ]]>     2018-10-17 13:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293847272     Schenck v. United States 20mdavis2 https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293847597 Date: 1919
    Questions: Did Schenck's conviction under the Espionage Act for criticizing the draft violate his First Amendment right to freedom of speech?
    Decision: Articulating for the first time the “clear and present danger test,” Holmes concluded that the First Amendment does not protect speech that approaches creating a clear and present danger of a significant evil that Congress has power to prevent.
    Votes: 9 majority
                    ]]>     2018-10-17 13:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293847597     Gideon v. Wainwright 20abova https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293848578 Date: March 18, 1963
    Question: Does an accused right to an attorney extend to state cases?
    Decision: The law in Florida which prohibits a person accused of a state crime right to an attorney is unconstituational. It violates the Fourth Ammendment.
    Vote: 9 majority, unanimous ]]>     2018-10-17 13:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293848578     Nixon v. United States 20mdavis2 https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293848923 Date: Jan 13, 1993
    Question: Is Nixon's claim -- that Senate Rule XI violates the Impeachment Trial Clause -- justiciable, i.e., appropriate for judicial resolution?
    Decision: The clause laid out specific regulations that were to be followed and as long as those guidelines were observed the courts would not rule upon the validity of other Senate procedures regarding impeachments.
    Vote: Unanimus decision


    ]]>     2018-10-17 13:53:37 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293848923     Heart of Atlanta Motel vs. United States 20zstockbower https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293851724 Date: December 14, 1964
    Questions: Did congress exceed its Commerce Clause powers by depriving places of public accommodation of the right to choose their own customers?
    Decision: The Court held the government could enjoin the motel from discriminating on the basis of race under the Commerce Clause.
    Vote: 9 majority ]]>     2018-10-17 13:57:02 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293851724     Korematsu v. United States 20abova https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293854034 Date: December 18, 1944
    Question: Did the act making Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants relocate unconstitutional?
    Decision: The Executive Order 9066 did not violate Japanese Americans  rights because it was made purely with the thoughts of national security in mind.
    Votes: 6 majority, 3 dissenting
    ]]>     2018-10-17 13:59:52 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293854034     Change/Continuities https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293868607 The Supreme Court has stayed consistent on making it clear that free speech and expression is all based on the constitution. They have divided the state and schools and what they can go in each. ]]> 2018-10-17 14:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293868607 Change/Continuities 20zstockbower https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293870802 2018-10-17 14:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293870802 Change/Continuities 20abova https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293871493 In supreme court cases involving the total seperation of church and state the court has historically ruled so that the church and the state become more divided. As the years have progressed they havce become more and more liberal, making decisions that completely seperate the church and the state]]> 2018-10-17 14:25:25 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293871493 Change/Continuities 20abova https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293874919 2018-10-17 14:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/20mdavis2/ur9gznuc5tan/wish/293874919