1. Evaluate the importance of HISTORICAL CONTEXT in ONE of the following cases: That is how did the historical moments during this time have any significant impact on the court’s decision in these cases?
Korematsu v. United States (1944)
Dennis v. United States (1951)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Yates v. United States (1957)
Boumediene v. Bush (2008)
You MUST answer ONE of the following from Section 2:
2. To what extent did the Supreme Courts interpretation of the commerce clause protect American workers from the abuses by American industry? Were there a lot of this interpretation or little? (Incorporate both the Gilded Age and the New Deal in your response. Reference at least THREE cases in your response.)
3. Should the New Deal be considered a legal success? (Reference at least THREE cases in your response as evidence.)
You MUST answer ONE of the following from Section 3:
4. Compare the Constitutionality of the use of military commissions to try detainees in World War II and the Global War on Terror. What are the similarities and differences?
5. Evaluate the validity of the following statement in the context of the Cold War. Confine your response to the historical period from 1945 to 1991. In times of panic, we fear freedom. (Reference at least THREE cases in your response.)
