This assignment asks you to select a topic of your choice within the context of the information and materials we covered in the second half of the course.  You may select any topic that derives from the materials we covered from Unit 8 through the end of the term.  This assignment should focus on a persuasive research topic that interests you and has enough information in it to present both support and opposition for the topic.  If it helps to create a fictional fact pattern to illustrate the topic you can present that.  But the assignment is open ended so that you drive the topic selection and information you present.  Persuade the reader and avoid writing a book report on a topic.  Avoid using the textbook!  Make sure that every word, section, transition, and component of the paper holds the attention of the reader from start to finish.    Questions Presented:   You should present a well written paper in APA, of no less than four and no more than six pages, on a topic that interests you personally.  For this paper use the materials in the second half of the course, but conduct independent research for the paper.  Below is just a sample of topics on the Fourth Amendment, but we also covered the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and the remaining amendments.  This is not a book report; this should be a persuasive writing assignment where you take a position and argue it from start to finish, or critique a series of issues and provide your analysis throughout.    A.   Administrative Reminders: In each section and for each sub-issue, remember to: 1.    Spot the issue 2.    Define the issue or legal rule at play 3.    Apply that rule, issue, law to the facts 4.    Analyze and argue what result should occur 5.    Conclude   List of possible topics in the Fourth Amendment:               You can pick any topic, or create any topic that interests you that relates to the materials we covered in the second half of the course.  If you need help or have questions, just email or call me and we can work through it.    Search under Fourth Amendment: ·               plain view, ·               automobile exception, ·               patdown search,  ·               probable cause ·               exclusionary rule ·               good faith basis ·               exigent circumstances ·               or any identifiable issues that you can glean from the fact pattern Seizure under Fourth Amendment: ·         The continuum of police encounters or police contacts ·         the basis for the initial stop, which could be Terry v. Ohio or the reasonable articulable suspicion ·         probable cause ·         arrest v. detention ·         exception to exclusionary rule Other Topics ·         Confessions in general ·         Evolution of videotaped confessions ·         Confessions and the waiver of counsel ·         Post Miranda ·         Post Escobedo in Illinois ·         Abu Ghraib in international law on terrorism, confessions ·         Eighth Amendment and prisoner conditions ·         The Loaf ·         Torture, deception in confessions ·         Right to Counsel – key cases and current trends ·         Eighth Amendment issues in last five years ·         Prisoner Rights movement and current issues ·         Bail reform movement ·         Remaining amendments??? ·         Ninth Amendment right to privacy