Supreme Court Recent and Upcoming Cases

The United States Supreme Court: Recent and Upcoming Cases

First Class

Supreme Court Building - https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/courtbuilding.aspx

Photos of the Supreme Court Building Interior and Exterior - https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/photos.aspx

Justices of the Supreme Court - official photo - https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/justices.aspx

Article III of the U.S. Constitution - The Judiciary Article - Sections 1 and 2

28 U.S.C. Section 28:

The Supreme Court of the United States shall consist of a Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices, any six of whom shall constitute a quorum.

Timeline of Litigation in American Legion v. American Humanist Association

Rule 10 of the Rules of the United States Supreme Court

Traditional Opening of Supreme Court Sessions - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bct6RRAe0_s

Second Class - American Legion v. American Humanist Association (U.S. Sup. Ct., June 20, 2019)

Text of the First Amendment

Bladensburg Cross (photo) - https://wp-media.patheos.com/subdomain/sites/8/2017/10/BladensburgCrossMarylandAppealImage.png

Religious Symbols on Public Land (pictures of actual displays)

The Lemon Test

Endorsement Test

Excerpt From Oral Argument in American Legion v. American Humanist Association

Quotations from the Opinions in American Legion v. American Humanist Association

Third Class - Rucho v. Common Cause and New York v. U.S. Department of Commerce (June 27, 2019)

Rucho v. Common Cause (June 27, 2019)

Relevant Constitutional Provisions

Quotations

The Original Gerrymander

The North Carolina Map

State Redistricting Criteria (National Conference of State Legislatures) - https://www.ncsl.org/research/redistricting/redistricting-criteria.aspx

New York v. U.S. Department of Commerce (June 27, 2019)

Relevant Constitutional and Statutory Provisions

Quotations from Opinion

Fourth Class

Sixth Amendment

Due Process Clauses

Quotations

Fifth Class

1. DACA - Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California consolidated with McAleenan v. Vidal and Trump v. NAACP.

Administrative Procedure Act (APA)

2. Title VII - Bostock v. Clayton County Georgia consolidated with Altitude Express v. Zarda (discrimination based on sexual orientation), and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC (discrimination based on transgender status).

Title VII

Oral Argument

4. Barr v. American Association of Political Consultants Inc.
5. Maine Community Health Options v. United States consolidated with Moda Health Plan Inc. v. United States and Land of Lincoln Mutual Health Insurance Co. v. United States.
6. Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania (together with Trump v. Pennsylvania).

Sixth Class

Electoral College
U.S. Constitution Article II

Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or Person holding an Office of Trust or Profit under the United States, shall be appointed an Elector.

The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves. And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the Presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the Certificates, and the Votes shall then be counted. The Person having the greatest Number of Votes shall be the President, if such Number be a Majority of the whole Number of Electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such Majority, and have an equal Number of Votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately chuse by Ballot one of them for President; and if no Person have a Majority, then from the five highest on the List the said House shall in like Manner chuse the President. But in chusing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State having one Vote; A quorum for this Purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.

The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.

Twelfth Amendment

The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as President, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as Vice-President, and they shall make distinct lists of all persons voted for as President, and of all persons voted for as Vice-President, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate;--The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted;--the person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if no person have such majority, then from the persons having the highest numbers not exceeding three on the list of those voted for as President, the House of Representatives shall choose immediately, by ballot, the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. And if the House of Representatives shall not choose a President whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the Vice-President shall act as President, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the President. The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.