Gold Key / Q14293
GK-CONLAW-MOOT-01
A federal question still needs a live case or controversy; mootness removes jurisdiction even when the issue sounds constitutional.
Open case study ->▌ ACTOR / SOURCE / RIGHTS GATE
Con Law is the second factory test.
This pilot tests actor, source, posture, forum, and tier gates using the same route and seed-detail workflow proven by the Evidence pilot.
▌ Keys + LeadMe Inventory
Case studies
30
Reusable keys
92
LeadMe steps
228
Drill seeds
90
Answer-flow steps
236
Gold Key / Q14293
GK-CONLAW-MOOT-02
Capable of repetition requires a reasonable expectation of recurrence, not a remote possibility of appellate reversal.
Open case study ->Silver Key / Q14293
SK-CONLAW-MOOT-RELIEF-01
For mootness, ask first whether the court can still give the plaintiff the exact relief requested.
Open case study ->Gold Key / Q14294
GK-CONLAW-STATE-GROUNDS-01
When a state supreme court clearly rests its judgment on a state constitutional ground that is independent of federal law and adequate to support the result, the United States Supreme Court dismisses rather than decides the federal issue.
Open case study ->Silver Key / Q14294
SK-CONLAW-COURT-ACTION-01
On a Supreme Court disposition call, choose the action verb before touching the merits: dismiss, affirm, reverse, and remand do different work.
Open case study ->Silver Key / Q14294
SK-CONLAW-FEDERAL-DISCUSSION-01
A state opinion can discuss federal cases without making federal law the ground of decision.
Open case study ->▌ Gate Sequence
GATE 01
State action before merits
GATE 02
Private actor decoys
GATE 03
Due process versus equal protection routing
GATE 04
Speech forum and tier sequence
GATE 05
Standing, ripeness, and mootness overlay
▌ Outline Selectors
44040100
Pure threshold gate
Find a government actor or sufficient state involvement before reaching constitutional merits.
44040502
Forum, permit, and scrutiny routing
Classify the forum and content status before choosing the scrutiny rule.
44040501
Neutral law and targeting guardrail
Separate neutral generally applicable rules from rules that target religious conduct.
44040300
Classification and tier routing
Identify the classification and actor source before picking the review tier.
44040200
Clause-routing pair with equal protection
Ask whether the claim is about process, a protected liberty/property interest, or classification.
43020201
Small threshold gate overlay
Standing, ripeness, mootness, and political question can stop the case before merits.