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The Supreme Court

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Assignments: Research one of the following cases and include the following: The background of the case (both sides), the final verdict, history of the case( meaning did the case effect cases from a later date ex: Brown vs the board of education as a reference to a later court case.

Landmark cases of the Supreme Court

Marbury vs Madison (1803)

Dred Scott vs Sandford (1857)

Plessy vs Ferguson (1896)

Schenck vs United States (1919)

Brown vs Board of Education (1954)

Gideon vs Wainwright (1963)

Reynolds vs Sims (1964)

Miranda vs Arizona (1966)

New York Times vs United States (1971)

Roe vs Wade (1973)

United States vs Nixon (1974)

Webster vs Reproductive Health Services

Clinton, President of the United States vs City of New York (1998)

Questions to Answer after the project: 1. What is the difference between criminal and civil court cases? 2. What are the functions of the United States court of appeals? 3. How did the case of Marbury vs Madison affect the power of the Supreme Court? 4.How does the Supreme Court decide which cases to hear? 5. How are the Supreme Court's decisions and opinions reached? 6. What are two ways that Congress can get around a Supreme Court decision? 7. Identify three Supreme Court Justices and who nominated them and what year? 8. Describe the work of judges of the appeals courts? 9. What influence do you think the power of judicial review has on the legislative and executive branches of government? Explain 10. What is the function of district courts?