1. discussthe influence of history on the present-day rules of evidence.
2. examinethe reasons for the rules and procedures established to protect the person accused of a crime.

1. Bill of Rights Institute: Due Process of Law
   1. Which documents helped inform development of the principle of due process of law in the United States Constitution?
   2. Most of the due process protections listed in the United States Bill of Rights deal with fair application of the law to people in which situation(s)?
   3. John Adams wrote that the U.S. Constitution provides the United States with "a government of laws, and not of men." What did he mean by that?
2. American Bar Association: Litigation News, History of the Federal Rules of Evidence
   1. What were a couple of reasons why a uniform body of evidentiary rules was needed?
   2. Have the rules seen any changes over the years since enactment?
   3. You reviewed the proposed rule that would have allowed the trial judge to "sum up the evidence and comment to the jury upon the weight of the evidence and the credibility of the witnesses". Why do you think this rule did not make in the final draft? How does this rule go against the tenants of due process that you have been learning about?

LINKS I USED: https://billofrightsinstitute.org/units/the-bill-of-rights-and-due-process

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/publications/litigation-news/