Supreme Court Introduction and Philosophy

Edexcel ALevel Politics Component 3 USA Politics Comparative
Topic 4 Supreme Court and Civil Rights
This is my Introduction lesson to the Court and key terms e.g. Stare Decisis, Loose/ Strict Constructionism and Originalism.

Includes: A key words glossary for this topic and a detailed topic check list for students to RAG rate including crucial case studies eg Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Board of health, US v Bruen, Shelby County vs Holder and over 15 more.

Includes a key profile of the current court for a research homework and how they ruled on key cases e.g. Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Board of Health and New York state rifle assoc. v Bruen which cover key aspects of the divisive issues in the USA today e.g. abortion rights, gun control, voting rights, immigration and campaign finance.

All the SCOTUS cases I cover are useful case studies for other topics due to the synoptic nature of the ALevel course, this helps students to join the dots.

Other topic check lists can be found here as a bundle:

https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/usa-politics-check-lists-and-case-studies-all-topics-12857384

These case studies cover every topic but there is a whole page devoted to the most important SCOTUS cases and rulings by the court.
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