1. 4/29/16 – BR – How does precedent work in deciding legal questions in the U.S.?
Today: Beginning to Answer the Question – “Did the government go too far in the DLK case”

2. Today – Let’s get us some DBQ!
Bellringer (hand in this week’s BRs)
Review background essay from yesterday
Complete “Understanding the Question..”
What is the analytical question of this document based question (DBQ)? – hint look at the top of yesterday’s background essay!!
Terms to define: search, seizure
Rewrite the question – think, what does “too far actually mean in legal or constitutional terms
Pre Bucketing

3. Did the government go too far in the DLK case?
Government Went Too Far
Reason #1
Reason #2
Reason #3
Government Did Not Go Too Far
Reson #3

4. Document Analysis
In your assigned work groups everyone should get a document packet
Work in groups to begin analyzing the documents and answering the questions (you will eventually hand these in so don’t loose them!)
The items from these documents will fill your reasons (buckets!) for answering the question: “Did the government go too far?”