Constitutional Law Exam

Recap: 28 hours. Thu 9am to Fri 1pm. 3 questions. Take home.

Que. 1. Dealt with a federal abortion statute. Arguments the ACLU could make to get it struck down & the counter arguments the government would make. 2000 word limit.

Que. 2. State statute criminalizing sexual conduct between children & parents, step-parents, guardians, custodians. Write a majority opinion that you'd expect Justice Kennedy to author. 1000 word limit.

Que. 3. Separation of powers issue dealing with a Peace Treaty between the U.S. & Hungary. 1000 word limit.

I was at it from 9 am yesterday until 6 am this morning. On their face, the questions seemed decent until I got down to writing. Very complicated to make persuasive arguments when there's a word limit imposed. There was a provision in the instructions that papers exceeding word limits would be heavily penalized. Glad it's over.