In both your textbook and supplemental materials you have learned about how cases make it to the Supreme Court. In this discussion you will have a chance to choose a recent case from the 2014-2015 Supreme Court term, summarize it, think more deeply about its possible impact on politics/your own life and discuss this impact with others. Not all of these cases have been decided yet, so you may also need to find out the status of the case.
Choose a case that has either been decided or will be decided this term:
You can go to OYEZ.ORG 2014 Links to an external site.cases 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:
Find out the following information about your case:
Some places to go to research more about your issue:
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. If you are having difficulty with your writing, you can get help from PCC’s online tutoring service (Links to an external site.). Please do so before your initial post due date!
For your Initial Post due by Thursday 11:59 PM:
For your Response to at least 2 classmates due by Sunday, 11:59 PM:
Read and respond to others’ posts as well, keeping in mind some basic rules for netiquette (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.: