Course curriculum

    1. How to use this course

    2. Before we begin...

    1. Video: What is the Judicial Branch?

    2. Role of the Supreme Court

    3. How does the Supreme Court Work?

    4. Why is a judicial system necessary?

    5. What did the Federalists say?

    6. Source Slide: Hamilton

    7. Quiz: Introduction

    1. Video: How a Case Gets to the U.S Supreme Court

    2. Where does a case start?

    3. District Courts

    4. The Appellate Process

    5. Appealing to the Supreme Court

    6. Stare Decisis

    7. Article: How Packing the Supreme Court Would Endanger Liberty and Erode Our Constitutional Order, Explained

    8. Quiz: Making it to the Supreme Court

    1. Video: Writs of Certiorari

    2. What is a Writ of Certiorari and why does it matter?

    3. How do you file a Writ of Certiorari?

    4. The "Rule of Four"

    5. How many Writs are granted a year?

    6. Article: Does Court-Time Saving Cost Liberty?

    7. Quiz: Writ of Certiorari

    1. Broader Implications of the Legal Issue

    2. What does the Court consider?

    3. Constitutional Questions

    4. Can cases involve federal law?

    5. What makes something a landmark case?

    6. Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

    7. Roe v. Wade (1973)

    8. Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)

    9. Quiz: Case Selection Crti

    1. Video: Justice Stephen Breyer: How the Supreme Court decides cases

    2. Briefs and Oral Arguments

    3. Role and Structure of Oral Arguments

    4. Submission of Written Briefs

    5. Quiz: Supreme Court Decisions

About this course

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