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Due Process: Is It Always Due? Lesson PlanDue Process: Is It Always Due? Lesson Plan
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Due Process: Is It Always Due?

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Students explore the basic Constitutional protections of due process and then consider the balance of these basic protections with issues of national security. A variety of segments of U.S. Supreme Court cases are examined in this instructional activity.

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public safety, the supreme court, the judicial branch, national security

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constitutional protections, national security, public safety, supreme court, social studies
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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For Teacher Use
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Discussion
Year
2004

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