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SUPREME COURT PROJECT EXAMPLE ROE V. WADE

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HISTORY

• Norma L. McCormick (also known as Jane Roe), a women from Dallas, Texas wanted to terminate her pregnancy. • In Texas, the law stated that women could only

get an abortion if the mother’s life was in danger. • Attorneys for Roe filed a lawsuit against Henry

Wade, Dallas Country District Attorney, in a Texas federal court.

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ISSUE

• Can a state law ban someone from getting an abortion?

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HOW DID THE COURT RULE?

• The court ruled 7-2 in favor of Roe. • Justice Harry

Blackmun wrote the decision stating that Texas law violated Jane Roe's constitutional right to privacy.

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WHAT IS THE LEGACY OF THE RULING?

• According to CNN, “Public opinion on abortion has remained remarkably stable over the years. A CNN/Opinion Research survey in October found 36 percent of Americans think abortion should be legal in most or all circumstances, 40 percent believe it should be available in a few circumstances, such as to save the mother's life, and 22 percent say abortion should never be legal. That is almost unchanged in the past 15 years.” (CNN, 2008)

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REFERENCES

• 35 years after Roe: A legacy of law and morality - CNN. (n.d.). Featured Articles from CNN. Retrieved from http://articles.cnn.com/2008-01-21/us/scotus.roevwade_1_legal-abortion-abortion-issue-abortion-provisions?_s=PM:US• The Supreme Court . Expanding Civil Rights .

Landmark Cases . Roe v. Wade (1973) | PBS. (n.d.). PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/landmark_roe.html

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Rubric: Oral Presentation (20%)Oral Presentation (20% of Project)

Interesting, well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention.

Relatively interesting, rehearsed with a fairly smooth delivery that usually holds audience attention.

Delivery not smooth, but able to hold audience attention most of the time.

Delivery not smooth and audience attention lost.

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Rubric: Attractiveness (10%)

Attractiveness (10% of Project)

Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation.

Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation.

Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content.

Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentation content.

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Rubric: Organization (10%)Organization(10% of Project)

Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material.

Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed.

Content is logically organized for the most part.

There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.

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Rubric: Mechanics (10%) Mechanics (10% of Project)

No misspellings or grammatical errors.

Three or fewer misspellings and/or mechanical errors.

Four misspellings and/or grammatical errors.

More than 4 errors in spelling or grammar.

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Rubric: Content & Requirements (50%) Content & Requirements(50% of Project)

Covers topic in-depth with details.

All requirements are met

Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good. One requirement was not completely met.

Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors. Two requirements were not completely met.

Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors. More than two requirement was not completely met.

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Sources to Access

•Touro Law School - http://tlc-patch.tourolaw.edu/patch/CaseSummary.asp

•Street Law - http://www.streetlaw.org/en/landmark/cases •Social Studies Help Center - http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/courtcases.htm •Time - http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2036448,00.html •PBS - http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/pop_landmark_cases/index.html