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Federalism and Supreme Court Cases Recent Supreme Court Case Students will research a Supreme Court case that is related to the notion of Federalism. Students will provide the case history, the legal context, the ultimate decision, the dissent position. and a student reaction to the case and its impact on federalism. Rubric Code: YX9W988 By dancorrigan Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Social Sciences Type: Assignment Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Recent Supreme Court Cases
	Poor 2 pts	Fair 7 pts	Good 10 pts
Background of Case	Poor No details of case history is present.	Fair Some detail of case is present, could have used more information.	Good Case is described in detail, who, what, when, where, why are answered.
Context Involved	Poor No/insubstantial legal connections (context) to the case were mentioned.	Fair Some context is mentioned, left out some information.	Good A thorough context for the case is described and connections are listed.
Dissenting Opinion	Poor The outcome is not mentioned, no information provided.	Fair The dissent is vaguely discussed, needs more information.	Good Clearly explained and outlined the dissent.
Majority Opinion	Poor The outcome is not mentioned, no information provided.	Fair The outcome is vaguely discussed, needs more information.	Good The outcome of the decision is described in full detail.
Reaction/Impact of Decision	Poor Insubstantial reaction given. No thought given on how this decision affected the notion of federalism at large	Fair Some thought given to how decision affected the concept of federalism	Good Appropriately explained and course concepts given to how this decision affected federalism at large
Vote of the Court	Poor no vote is listed	Fair Vote given was wrong	Good Vote of the Court correctly given
Grammar and Mechanics	Poor Many grammatical errors, poor spelling, punctuation, citations.	Fair Few grammatical errors, some poor spelling, punctuation, minor citation errors.	Good No grammatical errors, perfect spelling, punctuation, citations.