Supreme Court Justice

Paper 4: Research Paper on the Supreme Court Justice

In this assignment you need to identify a past or current United States Supreme Court justice (do not select Justice Roberts, Alito, or Sotomayor or Kagan) and research and discuss his/her life and career and their impact on criminal procedure/ criminal justice. You will need outside research on this paper.

Format

Introduction – identify the justice you selected and why you selected them and discuss your research methods;
Life history of the justice, including educational background, experience prior to becoming a judge, etc
Discussion of his/her tenure on the court, including a discussion of at least five majority opinions that he or she authored,
A discussion/analysis of the judicial philosophy of the justice (eg liberal or conservative, activist or restraint, etc).
A discussion/analysis of the impact of the justice on criminal procedure.
A conclusion.

A suggested length is 18-28 paragraphs. This paper should be double-spaced in a 10- to12-point font.

Style: This paper should display a high level of professionalism. I will consider your writing and research quality. Do not simply copy and paste from research that you locate.

References: You should attribute your research (author or title similar to Assignments 1-2) throughout the paper and in a reference page (including author, title and publication). At least 8 outside research sources are expected. An outside research source is something besides our textbook or a textbook used in another course. Do not cite Wikipedia or textbooks from other college classes as sources.

Please do not limit yourself to Internet research. The Columbia College library is available athttp://library.ccis.edu/home. There are many quality databases at this site. At least two of your sources should be journals or law reviews.

Rubric

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Justice Ruth Bader is one of the most popular Supreme Court justices in the United States history. Born on March 15, 1933 as Joan Ruth Bader, Ginsburg was appointed into the position of a Supreme Court justice by the former U.S. president Bill Clinton. She took the oath of her office on August 10, 1993, becoming the second female justice to serve in the court after Sandra O’Connor. During her time in the Supreme Court……………………………..

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