Should schools be allowed to consider a student’s race as part of his or her school application?

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023 Discipline: Law

Constitutional Law 

Final Paper or Project

Due Date: May 23, 2023


For your final paper, you must research and discuss an issue covered under the syllabus or a case pending before the Supreme Court.  You may present your research and discussion in a final paper (minimum five pages) or a visual presentation, such as a podcast or video.  You may work on your visual presentation with a partner or group. Everyone in the group working on the presentation must submit a 1-page description of your project.  You will receive an incomplete if you do not submit a one page response along with the podcast. 

Here are some guidelines to help you get started: 

Step 1: Pick an area of interest based on the syllabus.  Example: Freedom of Speech

Step 2: What question are you interested in exploring. Example: The right to carry a gun at a protest 

Step 3: Consider whether there are real life examples of this issue: Example: Individuals carrying guns at a Black Lives Matter Protest

Step 4: What has the Supreme Court decided in prior cases?: Example: Look at the seminal gun rights case: Heller v. D.C. or Chaplinsky and the fighting words doctrine. 

Step 5: Research the history of this issue! Example: Why do we even have the 2nd amendment. What is the basis for fighting words. 

Step 6: If the issue were before the Supreme Court, how do you think the court would decide based on these past cases? 

Step 7: Conclusion: What would you decide? Example: I think the individuals should have the right to carry guns at a protest because. . . 

 

Suggestions for video presentations:  

  • You can interview each other 

  • You can interview other individuals (example – speak to someone who went to a protest). 

  • Include relevant music and images 

Topic suggestions: 

  • Is the death penalty constitutional? 

  • Is abortion a fundamental right? 

  • Should a protestor be allowed to carry a gun during a protest? 

  • Should people with felony convictions be allowed to vote? 

  • Should schools be allowed to consider a student’s race as part of his or her school application? 

  • If you could rewrite the Constitution, what rights would you explicitly include? 

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