Name: Supreme Court Case Movie Project Directions: You will research one of the four Supreme Court cases below. Your task is to create a movie poster about the court case. You

tasks will be listed below. 1.) Gibbons v.s. Ogden (1824) 2.) Schenck v.s. United States (1919) 3.) Brown v.s. Board of Education (1954) 4.) Roe v.s. Wade (1973) Your Movie Poster Tasks: 1.) A summary of the court case: a. You must include what the case was about, how it eventually got to the Supreme Court, the argument on both sides in the court case, the result, and why the court's decision is so important. b. The summary must be at least six sentences. c. Court terminology (can be found on the back of this page) must be used. d. Explain the precedent your court case set or precedent it over-turned. 2.) What judicial branch principles were involved and explain how they were involved: a. Judicial Review: Courts decide if government acts violate the Constitution. Judicial Restraint: A judge not injecting his or her own preferences into legal proceedings and rulings. b. c. Judicial Activism: The ruling of the court based on political and personal reasoning of the judge rather than the existing law. 3.) Which court case could have played a role in your chosen court case occurring: a. Marbury v.s. Madison: Established judicial review, which states the courts can decide if the government is violating the Constitution. b. McCulloch v.s. Maryland: Determined the federal government had the ability to use the "Necessary and Proper Clause" to use implied powers. 4.) Explain how the principle of federalism is being used: a. Federalism: Dividing power among the different levels of government. 5.) Your movie: a. You must choose at least five main characters in your movie based on your research on your chosen court case. b. You must choose at least five actors/actresses to play the characters in your movie. c. You must include a relevant title for your movie. If you decide to not do a poster You will need to create a slideshow meeting the same requirements above for the movie poster. Each part (the numbers above) must have their own slide. (at least one slide)./nTypes of Law: 1.) Constitutional Law o Involves interpreting the Constitution o Decides if a law is Constitutional or if a ruling violated YOUR constitutional rights 2.) Criminal Law o Involve violations of laws and the government prosecutes (takes legal action) 3.) Civil Law o Lawsuits, or disputes between two parties o Someone suing someone else Opinion: The reasoning of a judge or Justice: 1.) Majority Opinion: o How the court decided. Most of the Justices believed this way 2.) Dissenting Opinion: o = Court Terminology and Definitions Justices that disagreed with the majority 3.) Concurrent Opinion: o Justices that agreed with the majority, but for a different reason Jurisdiction: The authority/right to hear a case: 1.) Original = For the first time. 2.) Appellate - Review it. 3.) Concurrent=In more than one court. Types of juries: Who are you in court?: Plaintiff: o Person or group who files a lawsuit (the person suing). Defendant: o Person or group called who is being sued. Grand Jury: 16-23 people: o Decides if there is enough evidence for someone to stand trial Petit Jury: 6-12 people: o Listen to facts and evidence of a case and decide the case Other important terms to possibly use: Appeal: A request for a case to be reviewed Subpoena: o A court order to present yourself or documents Precedent: A previous court decision Indictment: A formal accusation of a crime handed down by a grand jury Rule of 4: It takes 4 or more Supreme Court Justices to want to hear a case