Please fill out the KWL chart for the

Please fill out the KWL chart for the US Supreme court. If you are unfamiliar with kwl charts… 1. In the far left column, list what you know about the supreme court. 2. In the middle column, list what you would like to know, things you don’t understand, or questions about the supreme court. We’ve been talking about the supreme court and looking at cases, what are you still unsure about? What is confusing? 3. The last column will be for you to fill in once we watch a quick video and talk about as a class.

Unit 8 � CCSS W 1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence. � CCSS RI 8: Delineate and evaluate the reasoning in seminal US texts, including the application of constitutional principles and use of legal reasoning (e. g. , in US Supreme Court opinions and dissents) and the premises, purposes, and arguments in works of public advocacy (e. g. , The Federalist, presidential addresses). � CCSS L 6: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

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� Highest court in the United States � US Supreme court only hears cases that have already been heard by lower courts � It is an APPEALS court � It has 9 judges (justices) that hear a case at one time.

�Basis of the argument � Something taken for granted or assumed to be true � Example: �All cats are animals. �Fluffy is a cat. �Therefore, Fluffy is an animal.

� All cats are animals=the PREMISE the premise is true, the conclusion will be true. � If � Fluffy is an animal=true!

the premise is false, the conclusion will be false! � If � Example: �All cats are aliens. �Fluffy is a cat. �Therefore, Fluffy is an alien.

� Justice �a judge on the Supreme Court � Implemented � fulfilled, performed, carried out � Constitutional � provided by, or not prohibited by, the US Constitution � Sanctioned � approved, supported � Reasonable suspicion �a fair or appropriate belief that something criminal may be happening � Suit �a case in a court of law involving a claim by one party against another

� Action � � Alleged � � enough reason (based on known facts) to believe a crime has been committed Warrant � � careful examinations to gain facts Probable cause � � breaks , transgresses Investigations � � declared before a court, accused Violates � � a lawsuit in which one party sues another a written document authorizing a search Rights � something that a person should be legally allowed to have or do

http: //web. law. duke. edu/voices/boe# The dispute in this case arose when the school board in Tecumseh, Oklahoma, adopted a policy that would require all students participating in extracurricular activities to submit to annual and random urine tests for illegal drugs. Lindsay Earls, a high school student, sued the school with the support of the American Civil Liberties Union, claiming that the policy violated the Constitution’s protection against warrantless searches articulated in the Fourth Amendment.

� Precedent is an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances. � Courts use precedent to make decisions

� In 1995, the Supreme Court had upheld a policy that required drug testing of all athletes in an Oregon school district. In Vernonia School District 47 J v. Acton, 515 U. S. 646 (1995), the Court held that the drug testing policy at issue was not unreasonable because the school district had a serious drug problem led by athletes; student athletes who undress in locker rooms have a lesser expectation of privacy than other students and run a greater risk of injury from the effects of drug use; and the testing itself was relatively unobtrusive. The Court did not address the question of whether schools could test nonathletes for drugs, and in Tecumseh the ACLU found a case to test the limits of Vernonia.

� The Earls family, with the support of the ACLU, took the case to court, saying that the school board was violating their constitutional rights. The family lost. � The case made it to the 10 th circuit court where the court REVERESED the decision � Then the school board, still insisting they are right, took the case to the US Supreme Court…

� Majority opini on by Justice Thomas � As we read, fill in definitions for boxed vocabulary � Highlight the decision � Highlight the reasoning that Justice Thomas gives.