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The Contemporary Society and Current Supreme Court Cases

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In the News... Current Supreme Court Cases

Step 1: Choose Your Case

Choose a case that has either been decided or will be decided this term:

You can go to OYEZ.ORG 2013 (Links to an external site.) cases for a list of current cases. If you decide to research some of the cases that have gotten a lot of press recently, you are welcome to choose one of these to research:

  • Town of Greece v. Galloway
  • Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby
  • Fernandez v. California
  • Riley v. California
  • McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

Step 2: Research Your Case

Find out the following information about your case:

  • Has a decision been made in your case? If yes, what was that decision? How many Justices voted for/against the decision? (The page for the case you are researching on OYEZ.ORG (Links to an external site.) will have this information – at the bottom of the page you can also see who voted for/against this as well as sort by ideology).
  • What is the issue being discussed? Summarize the main points.
  • What are the two sides of argument? Summarize those.
  • Why do you think this issue this issue is important? What impact could this have? 
  • Do you think ideology impacted this case? If so, how?

Some places to go to research more about your issue:

  • Oyez.org (Links to an external site.)
  • SCOTUS Blog (Links to an external site.) (the Supreme Court Blog – the search feature will pull up information about your case)

Step: 3 Create Your Summary + Thought Questions

Combine the information you have found and create a 300-400 word summary and analysis of this issue for your initial post in your own words based on your research.

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CURRENT SUPREME CASES
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CURRENT SUPREME CASES
Conflicts are prevalent in the contemporary society. However, there are various institutions that serve as conflict resolution mechanisms. A good example is a legal system. Court cases comprise of the plaintiff, defendant and the jury. The plaintiff is the aggrieved party who files a complaint in court against the defendant. A good example of a court case in our modern society is one of Dollar General Corporation versus the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians where the Dollar Corporation is the petitioner, and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw India is the respondent.
Dollar general is a United States chain of a variety store and operates a store whereby the land is held in trust for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Also, the store operates under a lease and a business agreement with the tribe. In 2003, around spring, John Doe a thirteen-year-old boy, alleged that he was sexually molested and harassed by the store manager Dale Townsend. The alleged incident occurred as Doe was undertaking his internship program at the store under an agreement reached by both the tribe and Townsend.[Michael Foley.Γ‚ Arbitrary and Capricious (Westport: Praeger Publishers, 2003), 36]
Doe sued the Dollar General and Dale Townsend for the atrocities allegedly done to him in a tribal court. This move resulted in the defendants moving to court seeking a motion for dismissal of the case due to lack of jurisdiction of ...
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