Second Assignment

Below is your second assignment.   Each of you has a different Supreme Court case dealing with citizenship, civil liberties, civil rights, or voting rights.  In your essay, tell why the case was significant.  Specifically, answer these questions:

• What was the issue?
• What was the historical and legal context?
• What was the long-term legal and political impact of the case?

Before writing it, re-read Strunk and White. Also see my writing advice, which in turn contains links to model papers. 

1. Chris Albanese, North Haven Board of Education v. Bell
2. Ratik Asokan, Plyler v. Doe
3. Christian Ayala, Shaw v. Reno
4. Aja Brofferio, O'Connor v. Board of Education
5. Dan Campbell,  Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music
6. Danial Ceasar, Everson v. Board of Education
7. Karen Chen, Ex parte Milligan
8. Elizabeth Eggert, Victor v. Nebraska
9. Jack Flannery, Escobedo v. Illinois
10. Vikrant Jain, US v. Bhagat Singh Thind
11. Julia Keinan, Hirabayashi v. US
12. Jessica Laird, Gratz v. Bollinger
13. Willy Leach, Pierce v. Society of Sisters
14. Blake Li, Graham v. Richardson
15. Linda Lin, US v. Wong Kim Ark
16. Yi Luo, Hendrick Hudson District Board of Education v. Rowley
17. Margot Penn, NCAA v. Smith
18. Felipe Peterson,  Ozawa v. United States
19. Samuel Pitcavage, San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez
20. Sridhar Poddar, Afroyim v. Rusk
21. Elena Segarra, Ex parte Merryman
22. Ben Tillotson, Jacobson v. Massachusetts
23. Kyle Weiss, FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life
24. Danmai Xiang, Chae Chan Ping v. US
25. Nikki Yea, Texas v. Johnson

Do research to document your claims. Do not write from the top of your head. Your paper must cite at least three hardcopy or microform books or government publications. In other words, you must go to the library.

Your sources may include specialized references such as The Almanac of American Politics, but do not cite general-purpose encyclopedias such as Encyclopaedia Britannica and Encyclopedia Americana. And especially do not count on Wikipedia, which is sometimes unreliable. (You might be able to get leads from Wikipedia, but then go elsewhere for verification and citable sources.) In your answer, you should not merely identify persons or concepts. You should also explain the subject matter’s political significance.

You may find relevant links here.

• Essays should be typed (12-point), stapled, double-spaced, and no more than four pages long. I will not read past the fourth page.
• Put your name on a cover sheet that is blank on the reverse side. Do not identify yourself on the text pages.
• Cite your sources with endnotes, which should be in a standard style (e.g., Turabian or Chicago Manual of Style). Endnote pages do not count against the page limit.
• Watch your spelling, grammar, diction, and punctuation. Errors will count against you.
• Return essays by the start of class, Wednesday, March 7. Late essays will drop a gradepoint for one day's lateness, a letter grade after that.  I will grant no extensions except for illness or emergency.