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Landmark Supreme Court Cases Web Hunt

Step 1: Create a Word document where you can complete the Web Hunt
Step 2: Use the following link to answer the questions listed below on Supreme Court procedure:Supreme Court procedure or you can Google the questions to find the answers:
2a. How does the Supreme Court select cases?

2b. What is a write of certiorari?

2c. What is the process for a Supreme Court hearing (the steps involved for deciding a case)?

2d. How are decisions made by the Supreme Court handed down and what are the three type of decisions that can be issued?
Step 3: Use Google or an online dictionary to define civil liberties and civil rights. What is the difference between the two?

Step 4 - Answer the following questions for the Supreme Court cases listed below:
4a. What was the original complaint of the case (background)?
4b. What was the ruling issued by the Supreme Court?
4c. Was there a dissenting opinion, and if so, why did the judge dissent?
4d. What is/was the lasting impact of the Supreme Court decision (example: Brown v. Board ended segregation; Gibbons v. Ogden gave Congress power to regulate interstate commerce).
You are required to cover the following landmark cases for completion of this Web Hunt

Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka KS
You are also to choose 5 cases from the following list (1 from each category is required):
Civil Liberties:
Roe v. Wade
Miranda v. Arizona
Texas v. Johnson
Tinker v. Des Moines
New York Times Co. v. United States
Engel v. Vitale
Gideon v. Wainwright
Civil Rights:
Korematsu v. United States
Regents of the U. of California v. Bakke
Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections
Loving v. Virginia
Governmental Power:
Gibbons v. Ogden
United States v. Nixon
Schenck v. United States
Mapp v. Ohio
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (Obamacare Ruling)

Supreme Court
Case / What was the original complaint of the case (background)?
/ What was the ruling issued by the Supreme Court? / Was there a dissenting opinion, and if so, why did the judge dissent? / What is/was the lasting impact of the Supreme Court decision (example: Brown v. Board ended segregation)
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Case
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka KS