Briefing a case entails summarizing a court opinion, also called a case. A paralegal's job revolves around writing. Often, paralegals will draft documents for attorney, such as correspondence with clients and other attorneys, memoranda, discovery requests, and pleadings. Most of the paralegal's written documents will incorporate the law, and all written work product requires attention to detail and sound, clear, concise writing. A paralegal must have the ability to: (1) parse through and understand the law; (2) understand how courts have applied that law in past cases; (3) understand how to apply that law to the facts of the present case; and (4) understand how to assimilate that information and predict how the court in the relevant jurisdiction is liikely to apply that law to the facts of the current case..

This week, demonstrate these skills by briefing the case ofMadison v Alabama, 586 US _____ (2019), 139 Supreme Court 718 (2019). Do not use any outside sources other than the Supreme Court opinion.

Case briefs are used to highlight the key information within a case for use by the briefer, as court cases can be quite lengthy. When writing case briefs, all information must be properly cited. Most of the material should be paraphrased; quotations should make up no more than 10% of the brief. Note: since the purpose is to highlight and summarize key information, merely copying and pasting from the case does not accomplish this goal, must summarize the facts, using quotations sparingly.