Lesson

Due Process and Fair Trials

Duration: 240 min
Published: Nov 5, 2020

Does the Supreme Court still have a responsibility to abide by fair trials, due process, and the Constitution during wartime? Evaluate the contradictory viewpoints concerning liberty and security.

Founding Principles

Liberty, Due Process

Learning objectives

Students evaluate contradictory viewpoints concerning liberty and security.
Students evaluate Supreme Court decisions regarding fair trial, due process, and the war on terror.
Students analyze components of a fair trial.
Students evaluate whether the Constitution takes on different meanings during wartime.

Materials

Handout A: Constitutional Provisions Related to Due Process and Fair Trial
Handout B: Background Essay—Due Process and Military Justice
Handout C: Glossary
Handout D: Case # 1— Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004) Background and Facts
Handout E: Case # 2— Rasul v. Bush (2004) Background and Facts
Handout F: Case # 3— Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006) Background and Facts
Handout G: Case # 4— Boumediene v. Bush (2008) Background and Facts
Handout H: Case # 1— Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004) Supreme Court Decision
Handout I: Case # 2— Rasul v. Bush (2004) Supreme Court Decision
Handout J: Case # 3— Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006) Supreme Court Decision
Handout K: Case # 4— Boumediene v. Bush (2008) Supreme Court Decision
Handout L: Case # 5— U.S. v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, et al. Military Commission Proceedings 2011-2015
Handout M: Timeline— Military Justice during the War on Terror
Handout N: Comparing Supreme Court Decisions