HIS/301: United States ConstitutionWeek 4 - Summative Assessment: Supreme Court Decisions on the Bill of Rights [due Mon]Week 4 - Summative Assessment: Supreme Court Decisions on the Bill of Rights [due Mon]Exam Content

This assignment is designed to help you analyze civil liberties found in the U.S. Bill of Rights (i.e., the first ten amendments) and the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in upholding them through landmark cases.A land ark case is onewhere the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling has historical significance because it defines what the amendment means/how it is applied.

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ASSIGNMENT

• From the list below, pickonetopicas the primary subject of your assignment: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, or Incorporating the Fourteenth Amendment.
• Within your selected topic, choose*three*of the landmark cases/rulings listed.
• Analyze how the three cases apply to the topic.

Topic: First Amendment - Freedom of Speech and Free Expression

• Iancu v. Brunetti(2019)
• Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission(2018)
• Matal v. Tam(2017)
• Elonis v. United States(2015)
• Reed v. Town of Gilbert(2015)
• United States v. Alvarez(2012)
• Virginia v. Black(2003)
• Texas v. Johnson(1989)
• Brandenburg v. Ohio(1968)

Topic: First Amendment - Freedom of Religion

• American Legion v. American Humanist Association(2019)
• Holt v. Hobbs(2015)
• Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.(2014)
• Engel v. Vitale(1962)
• Everson v. Board of Education(1947)
• West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette(1943)
• Minersville School District v. Gobitis(1940)

Topic: Fourteenth Amendment - Incorporating the U.S. Bill of Rights

• Gitlow v. New York(1925)
• DeJonge v. Oregon(1937)
• McDonald v. Chicago(2010)
• Mapp v. Ohio(1961)
• Benton v. Maryland(1969)
• Malloy v. Hogan(1964)
• Gideon v. Wainwright(1963)
• Timbs v. Indiana(2019)

Choose Submission Format - select one.

• Create a 10-to 12-slide presentation (Microsoft PowerPoint or a program of your choice)with speaker notes in a separate Word document. Do t put your speaker's notes into the notes section of PowerPoint; Blackboard's inline grading feature cannot read them, so I cannot see them.
• Write an 875-word paper.

Argument Structure

• Introduction - what topic is your presentation or paper about? What topic and three cases will you analyze?
• Summarize the details of the cases chosen. What happened? Who used it and why? How did the cases reach the U.S. Supreme Court?
• Evaluate how the U.S. Supreme Court's interpretation of the U.S. Bill of Rights addressed the decisions and outcomes of the cases by considering: How did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in each case and why? What iss it about each case that makes it a landmark ruling/how did the case incorporate one of the U.S. Bill of Rights?Disc whether or not you think the Court's interpretation of the specific amendment from the U.S. Bill of Rights was correct in the rulings and why.
• Discuss how the three cases relate to the topic. Do they work together to limit civil liberty or protect civil liberty?What is your opinion about the rulings?
• Conclusion - summarize the main points of your presentation or paper.
• Reference list - list the sources you used in your presentation or paper.

MECHANICS

• Incorporate vocabulary terms from this week's materials into your response, and use the resources provided in the Readings & Videos folder and your instructor's discussion posts.
• Include in-text citations and a reference list with at least three sources inAPA 7 formatto support your assignment.Do not use Wikipedia,Quora, Yahoo Questions,or other crowdsourced websites as references.You use the formatted references provided for the materials in the Readings & Videos folder and your instructor's discussion posts.
• Do not rely on direct quotes or copying passages wholesale from your sources; no more than 15% of your assignment can be direct quotes. This means putting concepts/ideas into your own words to show that you understand them.
• Do not rely solely on AI to write your assignments. This is not your own original work, and it may result in an automatic 0 and being reported to the university for plagiarism.
• Use the speaker's notes and submit them as a separate Word document submitted simultaneously as the PowerPoint file.

HIS/301: United States Constitution

Week 4 - Summative Assessment: Supreme Court Decisions on the Bill of Rights [due Mon]

Week 4 - Summative Assessment: Supreme Court Decisions on the Bill of Rights [due Mon]

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This assignment is designed to help you analyze civil liberties found in the U.S. Bill of Rights (i.e., the first ten amendments) and the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in upholding them through landmark cases.A land ark case is onewhere the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling has historical significance because it defines what the amendment means/how it is applied.

_____________________________

ASSIGNMENT

• From the list below,pickonetopicas the primary subject of your assignment: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, or Incorporating the Fourteenth Amendment.
• Within your selected topic, choose*three*of the landmark cases/rulings listed.
• Analyze how the three cases apply to the topic.

Topic: First Amendment - Freedom of Speech and Free Expression

• Iancu v. Brunetti(2019)
• Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission(2018)
• Matal v. Tam(2017)

Choose Submission Format - select one.

• Create a 10-to 12-slide presentation (Microsoft PowerPoint or a program of your choice)with speaker notes in a separate Word document. Please do not put your speaker's notes into the notes section of PowerPoint; Blackboard's inline grading feature cannot read them, so I cannot see them.
• Write an 875-word paper.

Argument Structure

• Introduction - what topic is your presentation or paper about? What t pic and three cases will you analyze?
• Summarize the details of the cases chosen. What h ppened? Who su d and why? How di the cases reach the U.S. Supreme Court?
• Evaluate how the U.S. Supreme Court's interpretation of the U.S. Bill of Rights addressed the decisions and outcomes of the cases by considering: How did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in each case and why?What about each case makes it a landmark ruling/how did the case incorporate one of the U.S. Bill of Rights?Discus whether or not you think the Court's interpretation of the specific amendment from the U.S. Bill of Rights was correct in the rulings and why.
• Discuss how the three cases relate to the topic. Do they work together to limit civil liberty or protect civil liberty?What is our opinion about the rulings?
• Conclusion - summarize the main points of your presentation or paper.
• Reference list - list the sources you used in your presentation or paper.

MECHANICS

• Incorporate vocabulary terms from this week's materials into your response, and use the resources provided in the Readings & Videos folder and your instructor's discussion posts.
• Include in-text citations and a reference list with at least three sources inAPA 7 formatto support your assignment.Do not use Wikipedia,Quora, Yahoo Questions,or other crowdsourced websites as references. You may use the formatted references provided for the materials in the Readings & Videos folder and your instructor's discussion posts.
• Do not rely on direct quotes or copying passages wholesale from your sources; no more than 15% of your assignment can be direct quotes. This means putting concepts/ideas into your own words to show that you understand them.
• Do not rely solely on AI to write your assignments. This is not your own original work, and it may result in an automatic 0 and being reported to the university for plagiarism.
• Use the speaker's notes and submit them as a separate Word document submitted simultaneously as the PowerPoint file.
• Format your assignment according to APA 7 guidelines.