Case Brief Exercise: Donald J. Trump v. Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University
You’re a law clerk for the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The Chief Justice has charged you with reviewing the initial pleadings filed in the case styled Donald J. Trump v. Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University then drafting a case brief using the IRAC Method of Legal Reasoning Download IRAC Method of Legal Reasoning citing the relevant facts, the legal Issue, the pertinent Rules, the Application of the law to the facts, and your Conclusion determining the answer to the question posed in the stated issue based on the relevant facts and law.
Read the majority opinion (Links to an external site.) of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the following initial pleadings to the United States Supreme Court (see below) in the case of Donald J. Trump v. Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University then draft your brief to the Chief Justice as instructed above.
Petitioner’s petition for writ of certiorari (Links to an external site.)
Respondent’s Brief in Opposition to petitioner’s petition for writ of certiorari (Links to an external site.)
Petitioner’s Reply Brief (Links to an external site.)
Watch this VIDEO (Links to an external site.) and read the IRAC Method of Legal Reasoning Download IRAC Method of Legal Reasoning before you begin your brief.
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Sources links:
READ THE MAJORITY OPINION: https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca2/18-1691/18-1691-2019-07-09.html
Petitioner’s petition for writ of certiorari: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20-197/156944/20201006121952599_20-197%20Knight%20First%20Amendment%20Inst.%20Cert.%20Reply.pdf
Respondent’s Brief in Opposition to petitioner’s petition for writ of certiorari: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20-197/154505/20200921141934655_20-197%20BIO.pdf
Petitioner’s Reply Brief: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/20/20-197/156944/20201006121952599_20-197%20Knight%20First%20Amendment%20Inst.%20Cert.%20Reply.pdf
Watch this VIDEO (Links to an external site.) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=levdy6-Mfa4&feature=youtu.be
