Summary about Current Supreme Court Cases:-

Current Supreme Court Cases

1- Choose a case that has either been decided or will be decided this term:

You can use the above site for a list of current cases. If you decide to research some of the cases that have gotten a lot of press recently, you are welcome to choose one of these to research:

Town of Greece v. Galloway

Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby

Fernandez v. California

Riley v. California

McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

2- Find out the following information about your case:

• Has a decision been made in your case? If yes, what was that decision? How many Justices voted for/against the decision?

(The page for the case you are researching on OYEZ Will have this information - at the bottom of the page you can also see who voted for/against this as well as sort by ideology).

• What is the issue being discussed? Summarize the main points.

• What are the two sides of argument? Summarize those.

• Why do you think this issue this issue is important? What impact could this have?

• Do you think ideology impacted this case? If so, how?

3- Create Your Summary + Thought Questions

Combine the information you have found and create a 300-400 word summary and analysis of this issue for your initial post in your own words based on your research(Make certain to include a citation)

4- Create 1 or 2 thought questions about the article. These should be questions that help your classmates' think more deeply about the topic and their own perspective. Such as:

• If decision is made .... , what do you think would happen?

• How should the public respond to...?

• Why do you think...?

How do you feel about...?