Constitutional Law and Public Policy Analysis

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Where?should?terrorists?stand?trial?within?the?traditional?federal?and?state?court?systems,?in?a?military?tribunal,
or?in?a?special?terrorism?court?
This?is?the?primary?question?that?you?are?tasked?with?answering?in?this?assignment.?This?question?has?created?a
lively?and?ongoing?debate?amongst?attorneys,?judges,?legislators,?the?military,?and?homeland?security?policy
makers.?Your?task?is?to?research?this?subject,?make?a?recommendation,?and?then?support?that?recommendation
through?your?research.?Review?the?Detainee?Treatment?Act?of?2005?and?the?Military?Commission?Act?of?2006
for?background?on?this?matter.?
Your?discussion?should?include?the?characteristics?of?all?of?the?proposed?options?before?your?recommendation.?In
addition?to?recommending?one?of?the?choices?listed?in?the?primary?task?question,?your?recommendation?should
describe?whether?there?needs?to?be?any?changes?made?to?your?particular?choice.?For?example,?if?you?choose
military?tribunals,?please?discuss?whether?there?are?any?changes?necessary?to?the?military?tribunal?format?as?a
venue?for?terrorism?trials.
Key?Assignment?Guidelines:
Address?the?following:?
?Is?terrorism?a?political?act,?an?act?of?war,?or?a?violation?of?criminal?law??Explain.
?In?whatever?system?you?recommend,?should?the?trials?be?public?or?held?in?secret??Fully?justify?your?response.
?What?relationship?if?any,?should?your?proposed?solution?have?with?the?terrorism?court?established?by?Congress
in?the?Foreign?Intelligence?Surveillance?Act??Explain.
?With?respect?to?where?the?U.S.?should?try?suspected?terrorists,?should?domestic?terrorists?and?foreign?terrorists
be?treated?differently??Explain.?
?If?yes,?how?should?they?be?treated?differently??Explain.
?If?no,?why?should?they?not?be?treated?differently??Explain.?
?What?have?other?countries?done?that?might?inform?the?U.S.?how?better?to?handle?this?problem??Use?external
research?to?support?your?arguments.?
?You?must?support?your?recommendation?with?a?minimum?of?4?legitimate?sources.
?Be?sure?to?reference?all?sources?using?APA?style