Getting Started Supreme Court procedure – SCOTUSblog Go to Supreme Court Procedure and read through the article. Many argue that the process is too long; that it takes too much time for a case to be heard by the US Supreme Court. They believe the Supreme Court needs to be more responsive to the needs of the American … Read more
Conduct research online and locate a Fourth Amendment Supreme Court case. Post a link to the case. Discuss the Fourth Amendment requirements that must be met before a search warrant will be issued. Do you think the Fourth Amendment goes far enough to protect citizens against unreasonable search and seizure? Why or why not? In … Read more
The United States Supreme Court case of Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1 (1985) provides an excellent example of the policy process. Explain to the class how the decision of the Supreme Court changed the use of force guidelines for police agencies across the United States. Have students apply the policy process using the Garner … Read more
Preparation Review the following U.S. Supreme Court cases: Review the following Case Brief example: Instructions Write a 3–4 page paper in which you: Prepare a one-page case brief of Marbury v. Madison explaining the power of the Supreme Court’s judicial review, including whether the judicial review amounts to law-making. Using the same Case Brief Template … Read more
What landmark U.S. Supreme Court case have you chosen, and what criminal justice policy changed as a result of that case? Explain. This is the starting point for this assignment. Once you understand how that case changed policy, then you can start to work on identifying how the criminal justice system might change its function … Read more
The ethical issues behind the supreme mortgage crises that started in 2006 and continues up to this day