Amendment

The grading rubric for this assignment is as follows:

Staying with the word count                                        2 points

Clarity of Amendment                                                 4 points

Writing structure, grammar, and editing                      7 points 

Analysis and course-based knowledge                     17 points

As a reminder, analysis is the "why" behind your conclusions.  For this final exam, your analysis will include why this particular amendment. The Constitution has only been amended 27 times. Why did you choose your amendment to become the 28th amendment?  Course-based knowledge does not simply mean citing cases.  I should be able to tell you have studied the class materials through your response. For example, you might choose to place limits on the Legislative, Executive or Judicial branch based on cases we read and concepts we studied.  Whatever choice you make, I should be able to see your deepened understanding of the U.S. legal system by reading your submission.

Discussions in class: US Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Federalist paper 51, 

• Marbury v. Madison                                       Judicial Review
• McCulloch v. Maryland                                  State/Federal Relations
• Gibbons v. Ogden                                          State/Federal Relations
• Printz v. United States                                   Limits on Federal Power

Federalist Paper #78                                     Judicial Review

• Marbury v. Madison                                       Judicial Review
• McCulloch v. Maryland                                  State/Federal Relations
• Gibbons v. Ogden                                          State/Federal Relations
• Printz v. United States                                   Limits on Federal Power
• Federalist Paper #78                                     Judicial Review

  Wickard v. Filburn                                          Interstate Commerece

• Heart of Atlanta Motel v. U.S.                        Civil Rights
• United States v. Lopez                                   What is Commerce? 
• Gonzales v. Raich                                          ICC and Preemption  

• Walter Nixon v. United States                         Judicial Impeachment
• The Steel Seizures Case                                Presidential Powers
• United States v. Richard Nixon                       Presidential Immunity
• Trump v. Hawaii                                              Entry/Immigration

• Brown v. Board of Education                         Substantive Due Process
• Griswold v. Connecticut                                 The Right of Privacy
• Washington v. Glucksberg                             The Right of Privacy
• Loving v. Virginia                                           Equal Protection
• Roe v. Wade                                                  Abortion