Assignment Question
In this assignment, you will read a US Supreme Court case and write an accurate essay about it. This will help you do the analysis you may later need to write a case brief; it gets you used to understanding a case without worrying about the specific case brief format. You should find a Supreme Court case related to the subject matter of this class. Use Nexis Uni via the APUS Library or look up cases on Oyez.
Your essay should include the following information: Who were the parties? What happened that led to this case? What lower courts heard the case and what did they decide? What did the Supreme Court decide and what was its reasoning? What cases did the Supreme Court use to help it with its decision? Did any Supreme Court Justices dissent? If so, what did they have to say? What was the end result of the case? Has the case had impact on society or do you think it will in the future?
Your paper should be 1-2 pages long. Points will be deducted for spelling, grammar and punctuation errors. When citing legal cases, the case names should be done in standard Bluebook format. For further information, see Introduction to Basic Legal Citation and look under the “How to Cite” section. – https://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/ Also, remember that Bluebook requires footnotes for essays; it does not use in-text citations.
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