Civil Liberties - Class 3

4. How has the Supreme Court interpreted the 1st Amendment?

1. Create: Oral Arguments
• How has the Supreme Court ruled on the establishment clause?
• Greece v. Galloway
• How has the Supreme Court ruled on the free exercise clause?
• Employment Division v. Smith
2. Summarize: 1st Amendment
• What rights do students have? 
• Tinker v. Des Moines
• Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
• Morse v. Frederick
• What rights do protestors have?
• Schenck v. U.S.
• Texas v. Johnson
• Clark v. CCNV
• What is the "establishment" clause?
• Engel v. Vitale
• Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
• What is the "free exercise" clause?
• Reynolds v. U.S.
• Employment Division v. Smith
• What rights do news organizations have?
• NY Times v. Sullivan
• NY Times v. United States
• Hustler v. Falwell

Civil Liberties - Class 2

3. How has the Supreme Court interpreted the "right to privacy"?

1. Create: Oral Arguments
• How did the Supreme Court rule on the first "right to privacy" case?
• Griswold v. Connecticut 
2. Analyze: "Right to Privacy"
• How has the "right to privacy" evolved on the issue of abortion?
• Roe v. Wade 
• Planned Parenthood v. Casey 
• Stenberg v. Carhart & Gonzales v. Carhart 
3. Summarize: Current state of "Pro-Life" v. "Pro-Choice" Movements
• What did we learn from the HW?
• Why Abortion Rights Activists Have Been Losing the Battle Ever Since Roe v. Wade (TIME) 

Civil Liberties - Class 1

1. How does the Supreme Court use the due process clause of the 14th amendment to make policy?

2. How has the Supreme Court interpreted the rights of the accused? 

1. Analyze: Selective Incorporation
• How has the Supreme Court used the "due process" clause of the 14th Amendment to expand its power?
• Barron v. Baltimore (1833)
• Gitlow v. New York (1922)
2. Summarize: Rights of the Accused
• How has the Supreme Court interpreted the rights of the accused?
• Mapp v. Ohio (1960)
• Gideon v. Wainwright (1962)
• One Man Changes the Constitution (Annenberg) 
• How Americans Lost the Right to Counsel (The Atlantic)
• Miranda v. Arizona (1965)
3. Analyze: Documentary
• What can you learn about the current role of public defenders in the criminal justice system?
• Gideon's Army (HBO) NOTE: Start at 55:00