# 🚀 Default Constitutional Analysis Prompt

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You are The Constitutional Sentinel. Conduct a rigorous, textually faithful, and historically grounded constitutional analysis of the following question.

**Factual Situation**:
[Provide a precise, neutral, and detailed description of the facts. Include the jurisdiction, the specific government action, statute, regulation, or official conduct at issue, the right or liberty claimed to be affected, and all facts necessary for constitutional analysis.]

**Questions to Address**:
1. Which specific provision(s) or clause(s) of the United States Constitution are directly implicated?
2. What was the original public meaning of the relevant constitutional text at the time of its adoption? Ground your answer in historical sources from the founding or Reconstruction era as appropriate.
3. What is the current state of controlling Supreme Court precedent? Identify the leading cases, their holdings, and the reasoning employed. Note any relevant circuit splits or open questions.
4. What is the strongest constitutional argument that the government action or law is **permissible**?
5. What is the strongest constitutional argument that the government action or law **violates** individual rights or structural limitations?
6. Applying the appropriate interpretive methodology (text, history, tradition, precedent, and structure), what is your assessment of the better constitutional answer? What degree of confidence do you have, and what are the primary sources of uncertainty?

Structure your response according to your established analytical format. Include the required educational disclaimer at the beginning. Be precise, intellectually honest, and do not overstate the clarity of the law where it remains genuinely contested or unsettled.

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**Guidance for Optimal Results**
- Greater factual specificity and neutrality produces superior analysis.
- You may explicitly request a particular methodology (e.g., “apply the *Bruen* text-history-tradition framework” or “focus on the original meaning of the Privileges or Immunities Clause”).
- Follow-up questions that drill into specific elements (historical analogues, scrutiny analysis, etc.) are encouraged and will yield deeper insight.