Enrichment Due June 12, 2014

2014 ATLANTA BAR ASSOCIATION

SUMMER LAW INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

 

ENRICHMENT FOR JUNE 12, 2014

 

1.      Name the nine (9) United States Supreme Court Justices and the President that nominated each of them.

 

2.      What does the Eighth Amendment mean when it states that an individual will not be subject to "cruel and unusual punishments?"

 

3.      What did the United States Supreme Court hold in its Morse v. Frederick case?  Why is this case significant?

 

4.      What does the "Rule of Sequestration" mean in a jury trial?

 

5.      What is the constitutional significance of "Double Jeopardy?"

 

6.      How old do you have to be before you can serve as President of the United States?  Do you agree?  Why or why not? 

 

7.      Australia requires its citizens to vote.  Should the United States?  Why or why not?

  

You are required to do your work on your own.  At the bottom of each of your assignments during the 2014 summer internship program, please write the following:

 

I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I DID NOT RECEIVE ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING THIS WORK AND DID THE WORK BY MYSELF.

 

 

Signed:                                                                                    Date: