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Subject Justice Moore and the 10 Commandments

Alabama Chief Justice Unveils Ten Commandments in State Supreme Court.” Fox News/AP. August 1, 2001. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,31137,00.html

“Defiant chief justice vows to keep Ten Commandments monument.” CNN. August 14, 2003.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/08/14/alabama.tencommandments/index.html

“Supreme Court rejects Ten Commandments appeal.” CNN/AP. August 20, 2003.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/08/20/ten.commandments.ap/index.html

Murray, Frank J. “Commandments removed but Alabama Judge Unmoved.” The Washington Times. August 31, 2003. http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20030831-121924-8748r.htm

Manuel Roig-Franzia. “Two Tablets May Renew A High Court Headache.” The Washington Post. August 31, 2003. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4831-2003Aug30.html

 

Subject Intelligent Design and First Amendment

Resources

 

Subject Protesting and Supporting the Iraq War

Resources

 

Controversial Cartoons

"Controversial cartoons stir worldwide media debate" First Amendment Center.org. 2/7.
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=16430

"2 Illini editors are suspended"
Chicago Tribune, IL. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0602150267feb15,1,6461532.story

"200 protest after Pa. newspaper runs cartoon"
Baltimore Sun, MD. 2/12.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.protest12feb12,0,1969834.story

 

Subject Football, Subways, and the Fourth Amendment

Resources

“Stadium pat downs are back in play” St. Petersburg Times, FL. 11/2/05
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/11/02/Tampabay/Stadium_patdowns_are_.shtml

"Testimony Completed in Suit Over Searches in Subways " New York Times, NY. 11/2
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/02/nyregion/02search.html

Fourth Amendment to the Constitution
"
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violate, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

 

Warrant Less Wiretapping - January 9, 2006

Resources

"Gonzales Defends Domestic Spying" CBS News.com. 12/19/05.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/12/19/politics/main1134887.shtml

"Bush defends domestic spying" Seattle Times , WA. 1/2/06.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002716176_spying02.html

"Secret spy program may have begun before formal approval, paper reports" Boston Globe, MA. 1/4/06
Click here for the article

 

Subject:  Does the Punishment Fit the Crime?

Resources

"Thief's signboard sentence appeal rejected" CNN.com. 11/30
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/28/scotus.thief.reut/index.html

"Woman Ordered to Spend Night in Woods for Abandoning Kittens" ABC News.com.

11/23
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/LegalCenter/story?id=1322751

Eighth Amendment to the Constitution
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

 

Subject Student Expression and the Internet

Resources

“District will vote on policy limiting free expression” Pittsburgh Leader Times (PA), 11/15
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/newssummary/s_394684.html

“Pope John blog ban debate continues” New Jersey Herald (NJ) 11/5
http://www.njherald.com/4126690378272.php

Amendment I
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

 

Subject Banning Violent Video Games

Recommended Articles

"House approves video-game bill" Daily Pantagraph. March 17, 2005. http://www.pantagraph.com/stories/031705/new_20050317024.shtml

“Md. House Panel Hesitant On Video Game Restrictions ” Washington Post. March 9, 2005. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18432-2005Mar8.html

“Debate on Violent Video Games” Chicago Tribune. March 17, 2005.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0503170417mar17,1,5263526.story

 

Juvenile Executions Declared Unconstitutional

Resources

“Executions barred for juvenile killers” Boston Globe. March 2, 2005. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/03/02/executions_barred_for_juvenile_killers/

“Excerpts From Opinions on Juvenile Death Penalty” New York Times. March 2, 2005. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/02/politics/02stext.html

Dissenting opinions in Roper v. Simmons. March 1, 2005. (click on dissent 1 and 2)
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=000&invol=03-633

"High court reconsidering execution of minors" CNN.com. October 6, 2004. http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/10/06/colb.juvenile/

 

Abortion: Federal and 14th.. Amendment

"Ban on abortion before House" Jackson Clarion-Ledger, MS. 3/1.
http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060301/NEWS010504/603010357/1002/NEWS01

"State's abortion bill could mean US legal battle" Boston Globe, MA. 2/27.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/02/27/states_abortion_bill_could_mean_us_legal_battle/


A summary of the
Roe v. Wade (1973) Supreme Court Case.
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/334/

A summary of Griswold v. Connecticut (1965).
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/149/

 

Subject Camera Phones and Privacy

Recommended Articles

“Camera Phones Raise Whole New Set of Privacy Issues.” Education Week . Free reg. Req’d. February 18, 2004. http://www.edweek.org/ew/ewstory.cfm?slug=23tech.h23

“New Phones Raise Privacy Fears.” PC World. January 2004.
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113632,00.asp

“New Privacy Menace: Cell Phones?” Wired. February 17, 2003. http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,57692,00.html

 

Subject Is Everyone in the Car Responsible

Recommended Articles

“Drugs in the car, and no one owns up. Is everyone liable?The Christian Science Monitor. November 3, 2003. http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/1103/p01s02-usju.html

“Drug case tests probable cause standard.” USA Today. November 4, 2003. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-11-04-court-drug_x.htm

 

Burning the Flag in Class

"Stuart Middle School teacher burns U.S. flags in class" Louisville Courier-Journal, KY. 8/22.
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060822/NEWS01/608220378

"Kentucky Teacher Reassigned After Burning Flags During Civics Lesson" Fox News.com. 8/22.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,209750,00.html

 

 

Subject: Cruel and Unusual for Minors

Recommended Articles

"Is Harris County 'bloodthirsty' - or dead right?" Dallas Morning News. October 12 – reg. required. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/dmn/stories/101204dnprodeaththree.73b5.html

"High court reconsidering execution of minors" CNN.com. October 6.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/10/06/colb.juvenile/

"Court to Hear Pleas On Executing Juveniles " Washington Post. October 13.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28102-2004Oct12.html

“High Court Hears Arguments on Executing Juveniles” Law.com. October 14.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1097686235208


Students and Drug Screening

" Kansas school district steps up student drug testing" CNN.com. 9/14.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/09/13/schools.drug.tests.ap/index.html

"In Kansas school district, even attending school play requires a drug test" Boston Herald, MA. 9/13.
http://news.bostonherald.com/national/view.bg?articleid=157362

Board of Education of Pottawatomie County v. Earls (2002) - Use the Index tab to find this Supreme Court Case.
http://www.citizenbee.org/user/StudentGuide.aspx?id=829


Gun Control- Federal, State or Local

"Pennsylvania becomes center of gun-control debate" Washington Post, DC. 9/27
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/26/AR2006092601214.html

"Showdown on Guns" Philadelphia Inquirer, PA. 9/27.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/15616332.htm

The Second Amendment
http://www.citizenbee.org/user/StudentGuide.aspx?id=791

"Mostly, a Miss on Gun Control" Philadelphia Inquirer, PA. 9/28
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/15624884.htm

 

Subject: Right to Die

Recommended Articles

“Supreme Court refuses to hear Schiavo appeal” CNN.com. January 24, 2005. http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/24/scotus.schiavo/

"Florida Senate Bill 35E, as amended – ‘Terri’s Law’" Findlaw.com. http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/schiavo/flsb35e102103.pdf

“ How Terri's Law came to pass ” St. Petersburg Times. November 2, 2003. http://www.sptimes.com/2003/11/02/State/How_Terri_s_Law_came_.shtml

 

Lethal Injection and the 8th Amendment

"Lethal Injections Criticized as Cruel" Washington Post, DC. November 16, 2006.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/15/AR2006111501428.html

"Killer seeks execution reprieve" Cincinnati Enquirer, OH. November 16, 2006.
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061116/NEWS01/611160366

Gregg v. Georgia (1976). CitizenBee.org
http://www.citizenbee.org/user/StudentGuide.aspx?id=715


Expression or Injustice

"Supreme Court to weigh if buttons showing victim swayed jury" Seattle Times, DC. 10/12.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003300540_scotus12.html

"Justices weigh impact of crime victim buttons" CNN.com. 10/13.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/10/12/scotus.buttons/index.html

First Amendment: Freedom of Speech. CitizenBee.org.
http://www.citizenbee.org/user/StudentGuide.aspx?id=787

Sixth Amendment. CitizenBee.org.
http://www.citizenbee.org/user/StudentGuide.aspx?id=800

 

Phone Records and Privacy

"NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls" USA Today. 5/11.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-10-nsa_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA

"Bush Says U.S. Spying Is Not Widespread" New York Times, NY. 5/12.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/11/washington/11cnd-phone.html

"Most put security ahead of privacy" Boston Globe, MA. 5/12.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/05/12/most_put_security_ahead_of_privacy/



Goggle and the Government


"Judge to Order Google to Turn Over Records" ABC News.com. 3/14.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1725969

"U.S. Cuts Back Request for Google Data" Los Angeles Times, CA. 3/15
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-google15mar15,1,1242848.story?coll=la-headlines-business


Military Tribunals for Detainees

"Supreme Court Debates Military Trials for Detainees" NPR.com (includes RealPlayer audio files). 3/28.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5307418

"Case Tests Power of Judiciary, President" Washington Post, D.C. 3/29.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/28/AR2006032800793.html?sub=AR

"Justices weigh plea of detainee at Guantanamo" Chicago Tribune , IL. 3/29
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0603290179mar29,1,2440889.story



Citizen Juries: Zacarias Moussaoui - May 1, 2006

"Jury Begins Deliberating Moussaoui's Fate" New York Times, NY. 4/25.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/25/us/25moussaoui.html

Ring v. Arizona
(2002
http://www.oyez.org/oyez/resource/case/1490/

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