Mock trial schedule [PDF]
week 14: Nov 26
Death penalty
Euthanasia
week 15: Dec 3
Same-sex marriage
Abortion
week 16: Dec 10
Review
NB: Final report [PDF] – due Dec 15 – please email this to instructor
Mock trial topics (feel free to find your own!)
Euthanasia
reading – Myers v. Schneiderman (2017) [link]
Death penalty
reading – death penalty cases before US SUp. Ct [link]
Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972)
Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976)
Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584 (1977)
Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407 (2008)
Same-sex marriage
reading – Obergefell v. Hegdes (2015)
text of the opinion [PDF]
oral argument [link]
petitioner’s brief [PDF – PDF]
respondent’s brief [PDF – PDF]
more materials about the case [link]
Abortion
reading – Roe v. Wade (1973)
text of the opinion [link]
oral argument [link]
Obama care
reading – National Fed. of Ind. Business v. Sebelius (2012)
parsing the opinion [video]
text of opinion [PDF]
oral argument [link]
petitioner’s brief [PDF]
respondent’s brief [PDF]
more materials about the case [link]
Rights of suspects in police custody
reading – Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
text of the opinion [PDF]
oral argument [link]
case overview [link]
Boyfriend case – Michelle Carter
Grand jury proceedings
decision by Mass. Sup. Ct. on grand jury indictment [PDF]
brief by ACLU in favor of defendant [PDF]
prosecutor’s brief in response to defendant’s brief [PDF]
Trial proceedings
defendant’s motion for not-guilty verdict [PDF]
judge first-degree conviction [video] [link]
legal analysis of conviction judgment [link]
newspaper analysis [link]
Sentencing proceedings
decision [video] [video]