Select TWO QUESTIONS on the following page to answer. A satisfactory answer will be a thoughtful analysis which answers all parts of the question and makes reference. A complete discussion of a case

ESSA Y T OPIC CHOICES 1.Discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’ s decisions in Plessy v . Ferguson, Brown v . Board of Education(I) and San Antonio v . Rodriguez. Explain how these decisions reflect changing interpretations of the Equal Protection Clause.

2.With specific reference to the video presentations and class readings, discuss the implementation of U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Brown v . Board of Education andBrown II-including specific discussion of the experiences ofLittle Rock, Arkansas and Boston/Roxbury . What does this teach us about the dif ferent roles played by (a) the political system and (b) the legal system, in the enforcement of court decisions which call for significant social change?

3.Compare the decision in Heart of Atlanta Motelwith the decision in The Civil Rights Cases.

How are the issues raised in these cases similar , and how are the decisions dif ferent? Why was Heart of Atlanta Motelsuch a significant civil rights decision?

4.Justice Murphy’ s dissent in Korematsu v . U.S. included the following statement: “....to infer that examples of individual disloyalty prove group disloyalty and justify discriminatory action against the entire group is to deny that under our system of law individual guilt is the sole basis for deprivation of rights.” (a) Discuss the meaning of the above statement in the context of the Korematsu Decision; and (b) Define racial profiling and discuss how thisstatement is applicable to the problems of the pretext stopand racial profiling in general 5.Identify a current event/news item that you have seen discussed on television, read about in a newspaper/magazine, or experienced personally where you believe that you have gained insight Discuss any case(s), legal concepts, historic background, etc. and explain how they have informed your views. This can be about any topic and can, but does not have to, involve policing issues