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PART
II - THEMATIC ESSAY
Theme:
Supreme Court Cases Concerning Constitutional Civil Liberties.
The United States
Supreme Court has played a major role in either
expanding of limiting
constitutional civil liberties in the United States.
Task :
Identify TWO
Supreme Court cases that have had an impact on civil
liberties
in the United
States. For each case identified:
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Discuss the facts
of the case
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Identify a
specific constitutional civil liberty issued addressed by the
Supreme Court
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Discuss how the
decision of the Supreme Court either expanded or
limited a specific
constitutional civil liberty in the United States.
You may use any appropriate
Supreme Court case from your study
of United
States history. Some suggestions
you might wish to consider
include Plesey v.
Ferguson (1896), Schenck v. United
States (1919),
Korematsu v. United
States (1944), Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka (1954), Mapp v. Qhio
(1961), Giddeon v. Wainwright (1963),
Miranda v.
Arizona (1966), Tinker v.
Des Moines School District (1969),
or New Jersey v.
TL. 0. (1985).
You are not limited to these suggestions.
Guidelines:
In your essay, be sure to:
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Address all aspects of the
Task
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Support the theme with relevant
facts, examples and details
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Use a logical and clear plan of
organization
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Introduce the theme by
establishing a framework that is beyond a
simple restatement of the Task and
conclude with a summation of
the theme
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