Final+Project

=Thoughts on Supreme Court Final Project=

1. What got you interested in the Supreme Court? Justice is a topic of immense controversy. Many people have their own, unique definition of justice. For the Supreme Court to enforce its own view of what justice is across the entire country is something I am interested in seeing. I want to see how justice is handled in such a way that all people with varying views on justice are satisfied.

2. More questions on Supreme Court How many Supreme Court Justices have there ever been in history? Who was the worst Chief Justice? The best? Explain.

3. Ideas for Supreme Court project. Judicial Review and how it works How to fit a crime with a punishment

4. What technology will you use in the project? voicethread glogster wordle

=Final Project Wiki Link= http://maldenandthesupremecourt.wikispaces.com/

=Tuesday Field Trip to Moakley Courthouse=

What I found most interesting about the Moakley Courthouse was its design. Despite being built rather recently (1998), the creators opted to retain a more traditional feel for the building. The most obvious piece of evidence pointing towards this choice is the bricks used to build the outer walls of the courthouse. Still, I can't help but question this design preference. With the rest of the courthouse looking so modern, why did they bother incorporating any traditional designs at all? Why not make it all modern to receive a newer age and a newly upcoming millennium? Was it to please the judges, whom mostly over 50 years of age, would appreciate such traditional styles? I don't know. By the way I think the stupid colored rectangular panels were the biggest waste of money in history. Even I, with my pathetic artistic skills, could manage something at least 10 times creative. Why waste 800,000 dollars on simple shapes???

What I also appreciated about the design of the courthouse was the apparent emphasis on equality. The wall that had the names of every contributor to the construction of the courthouse had names of equal size, placing someone such as Justice Byron at the same level of someone who shoved bricks into walls. This proved that the Moakley project was a collaboration between all sorts of people and every person's contribution, no matter how minor, was critical to success. Good stuff.