This lesson demonstrates the constructivist methodologies of questioning strategies and their use in mock trials. It features ninth grade civics students at Southwest High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in a simulation of a U.S. Supreme Court hearing concerning a First Amendment case. The goals of this lesson are twofold: to explore the structure and process used by the United States Supreme Court in interpreting and applying the Constitution and to apply those operational principles to a case previously decided by the Court. This lesson includes four student activities.