Dissent, Injustice and.. the Making of America..

..Handouts

Check here if you missed getting a handout. Most handouts distributed in class will be posted here, usually on the same day. 

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WINTER QUARTER

Week 1

• Supreme Court cases for Jan. 6 case analysis - Schenck, Debs, Abrams (Not available on the web. If you did not get a copy on Monday, e-mail Jose to request one via e-mail: gomezj@evergreen.edu) (Note to students who did not reach the campus this week because of the snow: Classes were cancelled on Tuesday, so this set of cases will be analyzed on Tuesday, January 13, along with the following three cases.)

• Supreme Court cases for Jan. 13 case analysis - Gitlow, Whitney, Brandenburg (Not available on the web.  To get a copy via e-mail if you did not get one on Thursday, e-mail Jose  (gomezj@evergreen.edu) if you are in his seminar; e-mail Jules (unselj@evergreen.edu) if you are in her seminar group.

Week 2

• Guidelines for Weekly Seminar Response Papers
• Guidelines for Peer Review of Writing
• Adam Liptak, "Prisons to Mosques: Hate Speech and the American Way," New York Times, Sunday, January 11, 2004, p. 12wk (Week in Review)
• Appellate Brief: Developing the Statement of the Case
• Evergreen Supreme Court's Docket (Cases) for 2004 Winter Term

Week 3

• Appellate Brief: Form and Style Rules (including components of the appellate brief)
• Appellate Brief: Developing the Questions Presented
• Appellate Brief: Questions Presented In-Class Exercise

Week 4

• Basic Forms of Citation
• Court Reporters: Where the Opinions Can Be Found
• Appellate Brief: Developing the Argument

Week 5

• Example of Supreme Court Appellate Brief (Not available on the Web. If you were absent when it was handed out, see Jose for a copy.)

Week 6

• No handouts

Week 7

• Appellate Brief: Summary and Conclusion

Week 8

• Appellate Brief: Preparing and Presenting the Oral Argument

Week 9

• Calendar and Docket for Winter Term of the Evergreen Supreme Court
• Appellate Brief: Forms (Worksheet) for Justices Hearing Oral Arguments
• Appellate Brief: Forms (Worksheet) for Use During Oral Argument

Week 10

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FALL QUARTER

Week 1

• Printer-friendly version of Fall Quarter Syllabus
• Covenant

Week 2

• Statutory and Constitutional Provisions for Discussion of Marbury v. Madison
• Sedition Act of 1798 and Espionage Act of 1917/1918
• Political Terminology of the Founding and Early Republic
• Building Seminar Skills
• Governance Opportunities for Students (Not available online; see CPJ, Vol. 32, Issue 2, Oct. 2, 2003, p. 7)

Week 3

• No handouts

Week 4

• Slavery and the Constitution
• Writing Assignments (Instructions for writing beginning in Week 5)

Week 5

• Guidelines for Peer Review of Writing

Weeks 6 - 8

• No handouts

Week 9

• Academic Fair Handout Regarding Winter Quarter

Week 10

• Evaluation Procedures and Checklist