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Documentaries on Key Supreme Court Cases (22-35 minutes each)

Key Constitutional Concepts

     • Creating a Constitution
     • One Person Changes the Constitution: The Right to Counsel –Gideon v. Wainwright*
     • Checks and Balances: Presidential Power – Youngstown v. Sawyer*

One Person, One Vote: Baker v. Carr* and Reynolds v. Sims*

An Independent Judiciary: Cherokee Nation v. Georgia* and Cooper v. Aaron*

Korematsu and Civil Liberties – Korematsu v. United States*

Yick Wo and the Equal Protection Clause – Yick Wo v. Hopkins*

Mini Documentaries (3-5 minutes each)

     • The English History of Juries
     • The American History of Juries
     • Qualifications and Types of Juries
     • What to Expect as a Juror
     • How a Trial Works
     • Understanding the Language of a Trial
     • A Word from the Judge
     • A Word from the Defense
     • A Word from the Prosecution
     • Grand Juries
     • The Value of Service

Conversations on the Constitution with Supreme Court Justices

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on the Origin, Nature, and Importance of the Supreme Court

Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Sandra Day O’Connor: Our Constitution, A Conversation

Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony M. Kennedy: Judicial Independence

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the 14th Amendment

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy: The Importance of the Yick Wo Case

Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Sandra Day O’Connor and Anthony M. Kennedy: The Importance of the Japanese Internment Cases

Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Antonin Scalia: Judicial Interpretation

Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony M. Kennedy: Freedom of Speech - Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District*, Morse v. Frederick

Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony M. Kennedy: Jury Service

*Cases aligned with state standards

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