The Bill of Rights & Supreme Court Cases

 

Bill of Rights PowerPoint

 

Use the following volumes in the WDHS Library to find a representative case:

We the Students                                                        344.73 RAS    
Raskin, Jamin B.                    
Supreme Court, The                                                     347.73 BAU
Baum, Lawrence                         
Jury in America, The                                                   347.73 GUI         
Guinther, John               
Landmark Decisions of the United States                    347.73 LAN   
      Supreme Court III                              
Desegregation and the Supreme Court                       347.73 ZIE      
Ziegler, Benjamin                            
Landmark Supreme Court Cases                                 REF 347.73        
Hartman, Gary                

Once you have decided on a case and have read the information in your book, you may want to see if there is any additional information on the following sites:

Landmark Supreme Court Cases - use the pull down menu on the right

Bill of Rights Institute - choose your case from the list provided

Supreme Court History from PBS

More specific links relating to your amendment:

First Amendment Center

Second Amendment Online

Third Amendment Historical Perspective

Fourth Amendment Online - a blog created by the author John Wesley Hall

What does the Sixth Amendment Mean?

Seventh Amendment from NationMaster Encyclopedia

For those amendments not having a separate page, use the Bill of Rights Institute search engine to find additional information