22 Feb Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate (Case Brief)
Order Instructions
You are asked to brief the case (see more on that below) and present your brief verbally (in 10 minutes or so)
Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate
A few additional items/guidelines for all of you:
1. You can find great information to help you research and prepare your brief at www.scotusblog.com
2. For our class purposes, a good case brief will do the following:
• Summarize the key facts of the case;
• Touch on the lower court decisions of the case;
• Present the key legal issues/questions involved in the case;
• Where applicable, provide information on the key issues that came up during the oral argument of the case before the Supreme Court (note: most, but not all, of the cases have come up for oral argument);
• Present your view of how you think the case should be resolved, or how you think it will be resolved by the Court.
