2. Contents

Your paper should contain:

• general introduction, a section containing background information on the case (including a summary of the facts and of the lower court decisions).
  
• a cert account, a section explaining why you think the Court decided to hear the case;
• a decision-making account, a section explaining/predicting how the Court will decide the case. It should draw on legal, political, and strategic accounts of decision making.
• individual justices, a section predicting how the individual justices will vote, and explaining the basis for your predictions.
  

3. Misc.

• In researching and writing your paper, you are free to draw on any sources you so desire—EXCEPT the Court's decision, should it come down before the paper is due.
• The citation style you use matters not to me as long as it is consistent throughout the paper.
  
  

4. Deadlines:

• For teams presenting on April 14: April 21
• For teams presenting on April 21: April 28