- Read NEUMANN, Ch. 23, “Developing a Persuasive Theory,” pp. 231-243, including the Exercise “Escape from Prison?” (Developing a Theory), pp. 240-243. 2. Read “Shelley v. Kraemer: Original Petitioner’s Brief SCOTUS” and “Shelley v. Kraemer: Original Respondent’s Brief” [POSTED ON D2L COURSE WEBSITE UNDER “CONTENT/SHELLEY FILE]. 3.Write a 2-3 page evaluation of each brief (6 pages, max.!), drawing specifically from the questions outlined on NEUMANN, p. 232, e.g.: -What was the goal in writing the brief? -What was the strategy for achieving that goal? -What other strategies might have been considered? -Why do you think the brief writers felt theirs was the best strategy for achieving their ultimate goal? -Did the brief writers do all the things necessary to execute the strategy they chose?
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n small before it became small. Moreover, if things only became smaller, and not larger, eventually everything would be miniscule. And if it was the other way around, where everything only became larger, and not smaller, everything would eventually be one thing, because everything would have joined together. If this were the case then we would notice that things only become smaller, shorter, or uglier, and never their opposites, or vice versa. Socrates shows that things do transition from two opposites, by referencing to observable examples. He contrasts this to death, and claims that there has to be a cycle of becoming alive and becoming dead, or else everything would become dead, or vice versa. The analogies that Socrates uses are applicable to every corporeal thing in the universe. Everything is either large or small, tall or short, etcetera. He claims that there is a process of becoming from its opposite (e.g. something becoming larger from being small), and that this process is cyclical. For if everythi>
n small before it became small. Moreover, if things only became smaller, and not larger, eventually everything would be miniscule. And if it was the other way around, where everything only became larger, and not smaller, everything would eventually be one thing, because everything would have joined together. If this were the case then we would notice that things only become smaller, shorter, or uglier, and never their opposites, or vice versa. Socrates shows that things do transition from two opposites, by referencing to observable examples. He contrasts this to death, and claims that there has to be a cycle of becoming alive and becoming dead, or else everything would become dead, or vice versa. The analogies that Socrates uses are applicable to every corporeal thing in the universe. Everything is either large or small, tall or short, etcetera. He claims that there is a process of becoming from its opposite (e.g. something becoming larger from being small), and that this process is cyclical. For if everythi>
