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Mock Trial - Landmark Cases of the US Supreme Court. Purpose. A mock trial is a simulation or enactment of a judicial proceeding. Mock trials provide students with knowledge of the judicial system, legal process, and courtroom procedures.
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Participate in interactive landmark Supreme Court cases that have shaped history and have an impact on law-abiding citizens today.
The following landmark court decisions in the United States contains landmark court decisions which changed the interpretation of existing law in the United States. Such a decision may settle the law in more than one way: establishing a significant new legal principle or concept;
Our free Supreme Court quiz will test your knowledge of 28 landmark cases that were decided by the US Supreme Court.
- What Led Up to The Legal Case.
- The Legal Issues
- The Case Progresses Through The Courts and The Ultimate Supreme Court Ruling.
- How The Court Analyzed The issues.
- Conclusion
The year was 1965, and opposition to the war in Vietnam was beginning to grow. These were the early days of the protests. By 1965, hundreds of U.S. soldiers had been killed in Vietnam, and people began wondering what we were fighting for. Over the next few years the number and volume of protestors would grow as the death toll rose. By the end of th...
The Iowa Civil Liberties Union stepped forward to represent the students in a lawsuit against the school district with Mary Beth Tinker as the named plaintiff. There were two key legal issues to be decided by the courts: (1) Were the black armbands a form of symbolic speech protected under the First Amendment? (2) If the armbands were symbolic spee...
The case was first heard in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. After hearing arguments from both sides, the District Court judge decided that: (1) Yes, the armbands were a symbolic form of free speech, but (2) the school district’s right to maintain a controlled and orderly environment in the classroom was more impo...
The majority opinion, authored by Justice Fortas, clearly sets out the Court’s analysis and thought process. In analyzing freedom of speech, he wrote: Under our Constitution, free speech is not a right that is given only to be so circumscribed that it exists in principle, but not in fact. Freedom of expression would not truly exist if the right cou...
Since the Tinker case was decided in 1969, protests have become an accepted way for students to express their views. Students have protested apartheid in South Africa, racial and sexual inequality, and many other issues. Last year’s massive student protest following the Parkland school shooting and the recent global climate strike are prime example...
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) Issue: Can states pass laws that challenge the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce? Result: The Court held that it is the role of the federal government to regulate commerce and that state governments cannot develop their own commerce-regulating laws.
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There are a variety of case study methods to teach about court decisions, including the anatomy of a case, classifying arguments, unmarked opinions, applying precedent, and moot courts. They are listed below in order from the most basic to the most complicated method.
