Civil Rights Essay

Civil Rights Essay write a minimum 800 word essay on your assigned Supreme Court case. Here’s some detail: You can find your assigned case on the list linked below. Just find your name, and your case is listed on the right. All of these cases deal with civil rights in one way or another. Your paper should explain the significance of the case to American civil rights law and the way Americans’ civil rights are protected (or not). Specifically, you should discuss the situation that led to the case being brought to the court, how the court resolved the issue in the case, and, most importantly, what it meant or what it means for civil rights protections in America. You should look for cases that your case overturned, or cases that subsequently overturned yours. Or both. You should talk about how the specific right or rights implicated in your case became more or less protected as a result of the decision. In some cases it would be appropriate to talk about other rights and how your case influences those rights even though they are not technically at issue. Sometimes it might be appropriate to talk about the personalities of the justices and how they personally impacted the law. Sometimes it might be appropriate to talk about how your case impacted not other legal decisions, but political debates. In short, I want you to do a thoughtful, thorough discussion of the case at hand. I want you to figure out what’s important. Why would your case be included on a list of landmark cases? Figure that out and tell me about it. Convince me that the decision was right or wrong, in your opinion. Convince me, if you think so, that the case might have been legally correct, but has had negative social impact. Explain why your case is an example of the court “going too far” or not going far enough! Did a dissenting opinion end up having a greater long-term influence than the decision itself? That’s happened in more than one case. Or was the way the decision was reasoned really the important element of the decision? Did the reasoning, for example, describe a new test that could be used by future judges? Remember that you should, as always, use MLA format. Double-spaced Times New Roman 12-point font. Paragraphs, punctuation, capitalization, etc., in accordance with formal register Standard English Grammar. Be careful not to plagiarize. Remember that if you are not clear on plagiarism you can do the Richland Library’s in person or online course for extra credit. Do include a Works Cited page.