1. When designing the Constitution, were the Founding Fathers motivated by economic self-interest or principles like individual liberty, equality, and so on?

2.Explain the Supreme Court’s decision in one of the following cases, including (a) which clause of the Constitution it addressed, (b) why the court ruled the way that it did, and (c) the importance or relevance of the case for religious freedom:

(A)Employment Division v. Smith (1990) [The Native American Church Peyote Case] or:

(B)Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) [The Public Funding for Religious Schools Case] or:

(C)Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014) [The ACA and Birth Control Case] or:

(D)McCreary v. ACLU and Van Orden v. Perry (2005) [The 10 Commandment Cases]


3.In Dred Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court ruled that African Americans “had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” How did the Court’s position on discrimination against African Americans evolve from Dred Scott to Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education? Be sure to discuss each individual case, and how the court's position had changed from the previous case.