FIRAC worksheet

FIRAC worksheet
Review the simulation: You are a Supreme Court Justice Deciding on a Free Speech Case.

Read Appendix B: Briefing and Analyzing Cases in Constitutional Law.

Choose a U.S. Supreme Court case that covers the First Amendment (free speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition). Do not use any of the cases mentioned in the
You are a Supreme Court Justice simulation.

Use the Supreme Court of the United States website (www.supremecourt.gov) to locate a case.

Follow the FIRAC model in Appendix B to brief the case.

Use the FIRAC Worksheet provided.

FIRAC Worksheet

Appendix B: Briefing and Analyzing Cases in Constitutional Law offers a model to brief a court case. FIRAC stands for Facts, Issue, Rule(s), Analyze, and Conclusion.
Read about this model and see an example of it in Appendix B. Then, select a United States Supreme Court case on the First Amendment and complete a FIRAC analysis
using the worksheet below. For each portion of the FIRAC analysis, include a 200- to 300-word response.

SUPREME COURT case:

FACTS: Lay out the facts of the case.

ISSUE: Identify the legal issue.

RULE: What provision of the First Amendment applies to the issue you have defined?

ANALYZE: Analyze the case, applying the law to the facts of the case.
CONCLUSION: Draw a conclusion.
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