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How does the court system work?

How does the court system work?. Read pages 544-546 about the court system. With your table group, answer the following questions: 1.What is an appellate court ? 2.What courts did Plessy v. Ferguson move through before it got to the Supreme Court?

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How does the court system work?

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  1. How does the court system work? Read pages 544-546 about the court system. With your table group, answer the following questions: 1.What is an appellate court? 2.What courts did Plessy v. Ferguson move through before it got to the Supreme Court? 3. In Cummings v. Richmond County Board of Education, why did the Supreme Court decision overrule the Georgia Supreme Court decision? 4. How does the system of checks and balances work in Georgia? (Figure 70)

  2. Let’s get started… • Please take out your homework from this weekend, a blank sheet of paper for taking a few notes, and the items for your notebook check: • The Reconstruction Notes • The Sharecropping/Tenant Farming Venn Diagram • The Leo Frank Discussion Question • The Warm-ups and notes from Thursday and Friday’s class (The Progressive Era)

  3. People’s Court After watching the video clip, respond to these questions: • What is a plaintiff? • What is a defendant? • Was this case a civil or criminal case?

  4. Plaintiff: a person who brings suit in a court • Defendant: a person against whom a claim or charge is brought in a court

  5. People v. Simpson • In 1994, former NFL player O.J. Simpson was charged with murdering his wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman. • When the case went to trial, the jury found Simpson “not guilty”. • However, in 1997 Fred Goldman (Ronald Goldman’s father) sued O.J. Simpson for compensation for the wrongful death of his son. • The civil jury unanimously found Simpson liable (responsible) for the wrongful death of Goldman and Simpson was ordered to pay $33,500,000 in damages. What differences between the civil and criminal court process would lead to Simpson being found not guilty in the criminal trial but guilty in the civil case?

  6. Back to civil rights… • Take a look at the following cases that we discussed in class last week: • People v. Leo Frank • Plessy v. Ferguson • Cummings v. Richmond County Board of Education With your group, discuss was each of these cases civil or criminal? Who was the plaintiff and defendant in each case? What was the ruling in each case?

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