Research Paper

In this assignment you will take a position on a legal issue being heard by the Supreme Court this session 2019/2020. Here is the format to follow:

Follow these instructions and format carefully – ….

http://abogado.pbworks.com/w/page/140122464/final17 (Links to an external site.)

1st watch the video below on a position statement paper.

Take a position on ONE of the following highlighted issues:

#1

LGBTQ employment discrimination
Bostock v. Clayton County, Ga.; Altitude Express v. Zarda; R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Decision pending
Once in a lifetime opportunity to listen to oral arguments of the Supreme Court on the above case.
https://apps.oyez.org/player/#/roberts10/oral_argument_audio/24838 (Links to an external site.)

Does Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which bars discrimination on the basis of sex, include sexual orientation and gender identity?

# 2.

Religious school funding
Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue
Decision pending
Once in a lifetime opportunity to listen to Supreme Court oral arguments on the above listed case.
https://argument2.oyez.org/2020/espinoza-v-montana-department-of-revenue/ (Links to an external site.)
Does a state’s ban on the use of public funds for religious school tuition violate the Constitution’s religion clauses?

#3

Contraceptives mandate
Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania; Trump v. Pennsylvania
Oral argument: May 6, 2020
Can the Trump administration let employers and universities with religious or moral objections deny women insurance coverage for contraceptives?
oral argument and transcript

https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2019/19-431 (Links to an external site.)

Then use the following format to complete your legal research paper on ONE of the topics:

1. My position on #1 or #2 or #3 above is yes or no

2. The 5 cases which support my opinion are:

A. Case #1 name and citation

B. Case #2 name and citation

C. Case #3 name and citation

D. Case #4 name and citation

E. Case #5 name and citation

3. My analysis and my legal argument of my 5 cases and how they support my position and opinion position is…

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Please use your own words, not copy and paste from the cases. Remember what you have learned from your Little Book on Legal Writing; use concise sentences to make your arguement.

4. My conclusion and recommendation is….

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This will require research, please give yourself time to work on this assignment. Please follow directions, there will be no re-submit opportunities on this assignment. Copy and paste responses will not be graded. Please put yourself in front of the Supreme Court to argue your case succinctly. Later this year it will be fun to see how your argument stood up, when the Supreme Court rules.