The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

The class should read and discuss the Fourteenth Amendment, which can be found at this site:

http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/ charters/constitution_amendments_11-27.html

The discussion should include:

• What rights did Congress intend to protect?
• Who was to be included in the protections of the Amendment?
• Would the states or Federal Government guarantee these rights?

Divide the class into four groups. Assign each group one of the following topics for research; each should look for background and significant events that influence the decisions of the Supreme Court:

• Myra Bradwell case ( Bradwell v. Illinois, 1873)
• Slaughter-House Cases (1873)
• Susan B. Anthony Case (1873)
• Virginia Minor Case (Minor v. Happersett, 1875)

Have each group share their information on the assigned topic with the class.

The following websites include the decisions and provide useful information on the assigned topics.

http://historyofprivacy.net/bradwell.html

http://law.jrank.org/pages/13238/Bradwell-v-Illinois.html

http://momo.essortment.com/myrabradwell_rfxv.htm

http://www.thinkgk.com/may_06.giffen_reprint.pdf

http://diversity.ncbar.org/Committees/Women+in+the+ Profession/WIP+Publications/Downloads_GetFile.aspx?id=5351

http://www.hist.umn.edu/~bywelke/Bradwell%20v%20Illinois.htm

http://faculty.uml.edu/sgallagher/supremecourt.htm

THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE CASES: THE BUTCHERS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF NEW ORLEANS v. THE CRESCENT CITY LIVE-STOCK LANDING AND SLAUGHTER-HOUSE COMPANY, 83 U.S. 36, December, 1872

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/antebellum/
landmark_slaughterhouse.html

http://www.fff.org/freedom/0293d.asp

http://www.lectlaw.com/files/case30.htm

http://tourolaw.edu/patch/Slaughterhouse/#*

http://www.oyez.org/cases/1851-1900/1872/1872_2/

http://bss.sfsu.edu/waldrep/hist471/slaughterhouse_cases.htm

U.S. v. SUSAN B. ANTHONY 24 F.Cas. 829, 1873

http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm/bio/anthony_s.htm

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/laws/p/us_v_sba.htm

http://www.gale.com/free_resources/whm/trials/anthony.htm

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1873 anthony.html

http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/womens_suffrage/
pdf/susan_b_anthony_trial.pdf

http://law.jrank.org/pages/2625/U-S-v-Susan-B-Anthony-1873.html

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=United%20States
%20v.%20Susan%20B.%20Anthony

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/anthony/sbahome.html

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court =US&vol=88&invol=162

http://www.hist.umn.edu/ ~bywelke/Minor%20v%20Happersett.htm

http://law.jrank.org/pages/13240/Minor-vHappersett.html

http://www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/ LASALLE/stretch/eighth/minor/ index.htm

https://www.law.georgetown.edu/glh/teleky.htm

Activity Three: Mock Appellate Hearing

 Have the class select one of the four appeal hearings. Divide the class into three groups:

1. Nine Supreme Court Justices
2. Lawyers for the state
3. Lawyers for the defendant

Using the research, each group should prepare questions and arguments for a mock hearing. The Court should reach a decision

Debrief: The class should discuss the outcome of the mock hearing. The discussion should include similarities, differences, variations in arguments, and impact.