Assignment:
Your answer to the essay question should be well developed and supported with references from Supreme Court decisions you have read about. Be sure to include the name of the case. For example, in an answer discussing the development of the equal protection clause you might include a discussion of the concept "separate but equal" put forth in Plessy v. Ferguson. In your written essay you might say: "In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) the Supreme Court established the concept of separate but equal. In that decision the Supreme Court defined separate but equal as.
Each essay should be at least 500 words in length (2 pages, double-spaced), using 12-point font, and in proper APA format.
Using Kelo v. City of New London (2005), argue whether or not economic development is a "public use" that justifies eminent domain. Was the Supreme Court case a major change in the interpretation of the takings clause or the continuation of existing case law?
Define the following terms in one or two sentences on a separate page.
1. Bills of attainder
2. Ex post facto laws
3. Habeus Corpus
4. Economic due process
Readings:
Constitutional Issues
By Charles E. King