Assignment #2 Due Tuesday, April 4th 2023
Part 1 of your paper included your introduction and literature review. Part 2 will consist of the legal aspect of your topic. There are Supreme Court cases which address the legal issues found within the topics chosen for this course. This portion of the paper is a small court brief of (2) separate Supreme court cases. The brief (2) should include the following:
1. State the facts of the case as per the court brief. (this portion is not opinion based)
2. Provide the final ruling of the case. Was the case affirmed or decision reversed.
3. Provide a summary of the majority opinion of the Court. (Again, this portion is not opinion based). This summary should provide justification to why the case was affirmed or reversed based upon law applied by the Supreme court to reach its decision.
4. Provide a summary of the dissenting opinion (dissenting opinion is an opinion in a legal case in certain legal systems written by one or more judges expressing disagreement with the majority opinion of the court which gives rise to its judgment.)
Grading Rubric: (worth 10 points)
Students will be graded on the following:
1. Provide (2) separate Supreme Court case(s) which related directly to your topic.
2. Student’s ability to provide with each case: facts of the case, case ruling, majority opinion, and dissenting opinion.
3. Paper must be (3) pages in length, double-spaced, Times Roman font. Not including the cover page and reference page.
4. Students must use proper APA format when referencing/citing Supreme Court case.
5. A reference/citation page should be included. On this reference/citation page, reference from part 1 and part 2 should be included.
5. Please review before submitting for grammatical and spelling errors prior to submission.
6. Please correct part 1 (if directed to do so).
This portion of the paper will be a continuation of part 1, you will start where you left off. When submitting part 2, part 1 should also be included.
Due TUESDAY, April 4th 2023