Vocab
This is from Quizlet, it will go over key vocabulary from lesson 4 of your text.
Primary Source Documents
This is the Magna Carta, it is mainly significant because it features rule of law.
This is the first Act of Supremacy, founders were influenced by this.
A common law treatise from the 18th century. Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England
Secondary Source Documents
is a good rule of law article from the World Justice Project. This site goes over the four key elements of rule of law.
When you get your McClellan text in the fall, read about the British idea rule of law (pg 2, 295-96, 328, 346, 347-51, 403) and the American v. English system on page 24.
When you get your McClellan text in the fall, read about the Stamp Act of 1765 (pg 24, 38-39, 90, 111,112,139)
Supreme Court Cases
Ex Parte Milligan (1866) is a key case that answers the question of whether or not a civil court has jurisdiction over a military tribunal?
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006) answered the question of whether or not a habeas corpus petition can include protections from the Geneva Convention.
Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1991) addressed whether or not states had the right to make a women wait 24 hours before getting an abortion or if it violated Roe v. Wade.
Rumsfeld v. Padilla (2003)- This highly divided case questioned whether the Non-Detention Act authorized the president to detain a US citizen on the basis that he is an enemy combat.