Final paper
Please write an essay about the case your group worked on.
Details: 6-8 pp + bibliography page, 0.3 margins, double space, 12 pp.
Some suggestion that you may want to follow.
Please write an essay about the case your group worked on.
Details: 6-8 pp + bibliography page, 0.3 margins, double space, 12 pp.
Some suggestion that you may want to follow.
1. Add two more previous relevant cases!! (do vieth v jubelirer and rucho v
common cause) Vieth v. Jubelirer (2003):Vieth v. Jubelirer (2003):Vieth v. Jubelirer (2003): Refresh your memory by going over the assigned articles, the presentation your groupprepared, and any notes you may have taken during class discussion.
2.Describe the history of the litigation:
How did the case begin? Who are the parties? What were the claims made by the parties
in the lower court? Was it a state or a federal court? What was the decision of the lower
court? What was the logic, precedent and /or doctrine invoked by the court?
3. What were the claims made before the appellate court? How did they differ from those
made in the lower court ? What was the decision of the appellate court? Did it reach a
state supreme court? If so, what did it decide? What were the logic, precedents and/or
doctrine invoked by the court?
4. Discuss social, political and legal issues that are at the heart of the litigation. Are these
new or old issues? Were these new issues or did they exist before, perhaps in a slightly
different form? If so, what is new about the current litigation?
5. SCOTUS accepts for review only a very small fraction of the appeals sent to it. Why do
you think SCOTUS agreed to hear the case you work on?
6. Discuss the “friends of the court” briefs :
Who are the organizations that put the briefs forward? What interests did they represent?
What arguments they make in the briefs?
7. Discuss the decision of SCOTUS (if already made) or your expectation/predication (if not
yet made). What was/could be SCOTUS’ logic in this case? How will/could the decision
shape the future of the issues at hand?
8. How did the class and the case you worked on shaped your views of SCOTUS and the
American legal system?
in the lower court? Was it a state or a federal court? What was the decision of the lower
court? What was the logic, precedent and /or doctrine invoked by the court?
3. What were the claims made before the appellate court? How did they differ from those
made in the lower court ? What was the decision of the appellate court? Did it reach a
state supreme court? If so, what did it decide? What were the logic, precedents and/or
doctrine invoked by the court?
4. Discuss social, political and legal issues that are at the heart of the litigation. Are these
new or old issues? Were these new issues or did they exist before, perhaps in a slightly
different form? If so, what is new about the current litigation?
5. SCOTUS accepts for review only a very small fraction of the appeals sent to it. Why do
you think SCOTUS agreed to hear the case you work on?
6. Discuss the “friends of the court” briefs :
Who are the organizations that put the briefs forward? What interests did they represent?
What arguments they make in the briefs?
7. Discuss the decision of SCOTUS (if already made) or your expectation/predication (if not
yet made). What was/could be SCOTUS’ logic in this case? How will/could the decision
shape the future of the issues at hand?
8. How did the class and the case you worked on shaped your views of SCOTUS and the
American legal system?
***MAKE SURE ALL THE INFORMATION USED IS CITED!! DOESNT MATTER WHAT THE SOURCE IS (TRY TO AVOID WIKIPEDIA BUT ANYTHING ELSE GOES) MAJORITY OF THE INFORMATION IS ALREADY IN THE DOCUMENT IT JUST NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN.