HIS 301 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment: Current Challenges to the Constitution Presentation: Resources: Assigned readings, Electronic Reserve Readings, the Internet, and other resources

First bullet only!! 2-3 slides

Prepare a 12- to 15-slide PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes that focuses on one of the following topics:

o Does the USA Patriot Act of 2001 erode the civil rights of American citizens? Why or why not?

o How does the current president have the ability to affect the makeup of the Supreme Court justices? How would a change in justices affect potential challenges to the Constitution?

o What current cases waiting to be heard by the Supreme Court have the potential to affect the civil rights of all American citizens?

o How does gun control figure into a discussion of the Constitution?

o The officers tried for the beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles were convicted for violating King’s civil rights.

Research this case and explain why they were tried and found guilty.