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1. This assignment is designed to help you analyze civil liberties and the role of the U.S. Supreme Court in upholding them.

   Select a landmark Supreme Court case from the Bill of Rights Institute website.

   Provide an analysis that addresses the following:

   • The civil liberty that is addressed in the case including the text of the amendment from the Bill of Rights
   • An explanation of the Supreme Court’s involvement, including the following:
   • The importance of the ruling (why it is significant)
   • How the case moved through the lower courts to eventually be heard by the Supreme Court
   • The powers granted to the Supreme Court by the constitution that allowed them to rule on the case
   • Format your assignment as one of the following:
   • 12- to 15-slide presentation with detailed speaker notes in a separate word document.
   • 875-word paper
   • Another format approved by your instructor
   • Cite 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references to support your assignment. Do not use Wikipedia, Quora, Yahoo Questions or other crowdsourced websites as references.
   • Include a reference list in APA format.
   • Use in-text citations in APA format.