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Constitutional Issues CBA

Constitutional Issues CBA. 1. Identify a Public Issue you care about. Constitutional Issues http://www.brookings.edu/research/commentary?topic=U.S.% 20Constitutional%20Issues http:// law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/home.html http://constitutioncenter.org /.

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Constitutional Issues CBA

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  1. Constitutional Issues CBA

  2. 1. Identify a Public Issue you care about • Constitutional Issues • http://www.brookings.edu/research/commentary?topic=U.S.%20Constitutional%20Issues • http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/home.html • http://constitutioncenter.org/

  3. 2. State your position on the issue • You may need to do some research first in order to figure out what your position (informed opinion) is! • Check out the resources on the CBA web page. http://www.nkschools.org/Page/10085

  4. 3. Give reasons for your position • This is the point where you can ANALYZE the reasons for your position Check out this website for useful analysis of issues: • http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/home.html

  5. 4. Now would be a good time to take a look at the constitution! • http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html • http://constitutionus.com/

  6. 5. Identify the constitutional principle or Ideal • Is it an article of the Constitution? • An amendment?

  7. 6. Identify the connection between the individual right and the issue

  8. 7. Locate a court case or government policy that speaks to your constitutional principle • How well did the court case or government policy uphold the constitutional principle? • Evaluate the success (or failure) of the court case or government policy

  9. 8. Find the opposite position • Not everyone agrees with your position. Your job is to find and give a fair interpretation to a contrasting position on the issue. • Refute, with thought and evidence, the contrasting position.

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