Showing posts with label supreme court. Show all posts
Showing posts with label supreme court. Show all posts

Friday, May 21, 2010

Order in the Court!

OK, I've probably been watching too much Law and Order or To Kill a Mockingbird one too many times!  But if your classes are studying the Supreme Court and/or the recent appointments, you may be interested in these resources from the Library of Congress.

They provide a collection of documents for the last five nominations, including Harriet Myers, a hotlist of websites related to each nominee, and links to transcripts from the hearings.

It would be interesting to role play the hearings.  Students take various rolls, read a pre-selected set of documents to prepare, then spend a class period or two conducting mock hearings for Elena Kagan. It would be good practice on debate and parliamentary procedure, too.