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This Nation

This nation.com: New York Times Co. V. Sullivan (1964)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ThisNation.com provides Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.'s full text of the Supreme Court's decision in this landmark case.
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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States (1953)

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains the full text of the opinion delivered by Chief Justice Hughes of the Supreme Court. This case was about unfair competition.
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National Constitution Center

National Constitution Center: Interactive Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a wonderful way to explore the US Constitution. The actual text of the Constitution comes first, then an excellent explanation of the text follows. In addition, most of the Amendments have essays by scholars on opposing sides of...
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Other

U.s. Supreme Court: Miranda v. Arizona, 384 u.s. 436 (1966)

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete and in-depth history of the 1966 U.S. court case of Miranda v. Arizona.
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: u.s. V. Amistad: A Case of Jurisdiction

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners will analyze specified passages from the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Libellants of Schooner Amistad to explore the concept of jurisdiction and how a case travels through the federal court system.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: America's Melting Pot

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As part of the study of Civil Liberties, the students will do research on Civil Rights Supreme Court Cases and amendments that changed America. In groups, students will use various websites, books and newspaper articles to acquire...
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

National Archives: u.s. V. Amistad: A Case of Jurisdiction

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students will review the Amistad case and use passages from the case explore the concept of jurisdiction and how a case travels through the federal court system. Also, included are links to the background of the Amistad case, a...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Baker v. Carr

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions over Baker v. Carr, a Supreme Court case that addresses equality in voting districts. These questions are intended for students taking high school or college level American...
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Other

The Alliance: Review of in Re Gault

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides an easily understandable description of the 1967 U.S Supreme Court case involving Gerald Gault.
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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Supreme Court: De Jonge v. State of Oregon (1937)

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a summary of the case De Jonge v State of Oregon.
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Handout
Illinois Institute of Technology

The Oyez Project: Katz v. United States

For Students 9th - 10th
Katz v. United States altered the meaning of the 4th Amendment, the right to search and seizure, appealing his case in 1967 regarding the investigator's use of electronic surveillance. Oyez features the facts and recordings from the...
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Activity
Lectric Law Library

The 'Lectric Law Library's Lexicon: Eighth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This definition page at 'Lectric Library discusses the definition in the context of significant Supreme Court cases.
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Primary
This Nation

This nation.com: Schenk v. United States (1919)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ThisNation.com provides Justice Oliver W. Holmes, Jr.'s full text of the Supreme Court's decision in this landmark case.
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Primary
This Nation

This nation.com: Reynolds v. United States (1878)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ThisNation.com provides Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite's full text of the Supreme Court's decision in this landmark case.
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Primary
This Nation

This nation.com: Mc Culloch v. Maryland (1819)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides John Marshall's full text of the Supreme Court's decision in this landmark case.
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Primary
This Nation

This nation.com: Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ThisNation.com provides Chief Justice Earl Warren's full text of the Supreme Court's decision in this landmark case.
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Primary
This Nation

This nation.com: Engel v. Vitale (1962)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ThisNation.com provides Justice Hugo Black's full text of the Supreme Court's decision in this landmark case.
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This Nation

This nation.com: Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from ThisNation.com provides Justice Black's full text of the Supreme Court's decision in this landmark case.
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Other

Touro Law Center: William Marbury vs. James Madison

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcript of the landmark court case that established the constitutional principle of judicial review. Judicial review is the concept that the federal judiciary has final power as to whether an act of the Congress or the Executive...
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Activity
Illinois Institute of Technology

Oyez Project: Harry A. Blackmun

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to biography, family and appointment information and to cases in which he participated while on the Supreme Court.
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Website
Other

History of the Federal Judiciary

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Incredibly in-depth site regarding the history of the federal judiciary. Well organized, easy to navigate, and crisply arranged, this site can be used for many lessons. The accuracy of the information is very reliable since its author...
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Article
University of Groningen

American History: Essays: Impact of Dred Scott: In Federal Judicial System

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes how the Dred Scott became increasingly significant politically as it progressed through the court system, finally reaching the US Supreme Court.
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Activity
Other

Justia: u.s. Supreme Court Center: Cases and Opinions: Search and Seizure

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive overview of the Fourth Amendment, on the legality of searches and seizures of persons or property, makes note of Supreme Court rulings on the subject of unreasonable searches and searches.
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Handout
Digital History

Digital History: The Civil Rights Movement Moves North

For Students 9th - 10th
Summers of the late 1960s was a time of widespread violence and rioting in the nation's major inner cities. What was previously thought of as a problem of the South had spread nation-wide and was now demanding immediate attention.