Due Process of the Law: do we need it and why?
Conduct research on a constitutional issue approved by your instructor and write a paper analyzing what you find, using U.S. Constitutional provisions, statutes, and court cases to support how you would solve the constitutional issue, and discussing social policy implications of your solution to the issue.
The purposes in conducting this research and writing this paper are to improve your ability to synthesize, analyze, and evaluate information carefully and objectively, using the U.S. Constitution, statutes, and U.S. Supreme Court cases; use this information to propose a solution to a constitutional issue; discuss social policy implications of your solution; and present your ideas in clear written form directed to a specific audience, in this case, your class.
To complete this research paper, you should: 1.Select a current constitutional issue and have it approved by your instructor. 2.Research the provision(s) of the United States Constitution that are at the heart of the issue. 3.Research any federal or state statutes that impact this issue. 4.Research previous decisions of the United States Supreme Court that impact this issue. 5.Search for any pending case(s) before the U.S. Supreme Court that may involve this issue. 6.Based on your research, determine what should be the solution of this constitutional issue. 7.Consider social policy implications of your solution. 8.Write a paper explaining the issue, your proposed outcome, the social policy implications of your solution, and the research that supports your outcome.
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