Module 04 Written Assignment - Locating and Summarizing Cases using terms and connectors and natural language Search EnginesModule 04 Content

1. Locating and Summarizing Cases
2. Instructions

1. Content:

• Locate the following cases in LexisAdvance and FastCase You should copy and paste your search history under the citation for each case found, to show how you located the case in Lexis Advance.
• Find a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case in which it was decided that a juvenile cannot be sentenced to the death penalty, as it violates the eighth amendment and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
• Find the 2013 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held that the federal government must provide benefits to legally married same-sex couples.
• Locate the following cases in LexisAdvance and answer the questions provided.
• Locate Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, (1963)
• How many headnotes are provided?
• Which case was overruled in Headnote 2?
• Locate Citizens United v. FEC, 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• Headnote 1 states that "the government may regulate corporate political speech through disclaimer and disclosure requirements, but it may not __________?" (fill in the blank).
• Explain why headnotes can be useful when researching and reading a case?
• Locate the following case in either LexisAdvance or FastCase (your choice).You should provide a case brief using the case briefing elements you learned about this week in the module 04 lesson content
• Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District,393 U.S. 503(1969)

1. Format:

• To copy and paste your search history in Lexis, follow these instructions: Go to thehistorytab, and clickView all historyto open your full History in list format to see all searches, document views, and deliveries. Copy and paste the information found into your assignment.

1. Purpose of Assignment:

This assignment will help students be able to locate case law, and also summarize cases they have discovered during their research using terms and connectors and natural language SearchEngines.

1. Course Competency:

Demonstrate finding case law.