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Law Day 2007 "Should" Questions
There are seven possible "should" questions below. Choose one that you would like to write about. You may create a "should" question of your own, but you must use one of the Supreme Court cases listed below to support your opinion. These 6 Supreme Court cases are discussed on an inter-active CD. Only 4 of the cases are used in the “Should” questions below. If you have any problems with the URLs please e-mail Mary Ann Farris at fmaunique@aol.com for corrections. If you would like to receive the optional inter-active CD, featuring an instructional program highlighting the U.S. Supreme Court cases used for this essay contest, please e-mail fmaunique@aol.com with your name and post office address. Limit one per teacher. Use of the disk is optional. The opinions of the court are often preceded by a "syllabus" that summarizes the actions of the court. Generally, each syllabus begins with a paragraph summary and is followed by numbered summaries of the holdings (rulings) that are found in the case. A one or two sentence summary of the court's holding is often found near the end of the summary paragraph. The syllabus often references page numbers in the opinion, which may not correspond to the actual document page numbers. The full opinion may provide useful quotations or ideas for the essays. Six Supreme Court Cases
Should Questions: 1. Should a religious group of students be allowed to gather outside at the school flagpole before school starts?
2. Suppose that some students want to show support for a political candidate by wearing campaign pins to school. Should a school be allowed to have a policy against wearing items that show support for political candidates?
3. Suppose a school has a dress code that allows female students to wear open-toed shoes to school, but requires male students to wear close-toed shoes. Suppose further that a student group organizes a protest of the policy by encouraging male students to wear sandals to school for one day. Should a principal have the right to penalize male students for violating the dress code?
4. No question. 5. Suppose a parent reports that a student was showing off a hunting rifle in the school parking lot. Should a principal have the right to conduct a search of a student’s backpack?
6. No question. 7. Suppose that a public school policy allows students to refuse to submit to drug testing as long as they do not attend the school prom. Should a school be able to require students to consent to random, suspicionless drug testing as a condition for purchasing prom tickets?
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