suade the reader that restrictive laws on drugs are violating their Constitutional rights.
             In the second stage of the "informed citizen" system, one must identify the claim being made in the piece of rhetoric and how the rhetor goes about making these claims. In the CSDP advertisement, the major claim being made is that the government is restricting our Constitutional rights by passing strict drug laws. This is shown in the rhetorical question at the top of the advertisement, "Is the Constitution a victim of the drug war?" Secondly, the rhetoric makes the claim that the war on drugs is eliminating our basic freedom as Americans. This is illustrated in the statement in the advertisement that states, "The Drug War is failing to make us drug free. But it may be making us unfree". The CSDP article tries to validate its claims through the use of rational argument and the use of examples and comparisons to show how certain laws are restricting Americans' Constitutional rights.
             The third step in the "informed citizen" analysis is to determine whether the rhetor makes a strong case and provides strong reasons which validate the conclusion. In the CSDP advertisement, though the rhetor provides evidence for every claim being made, the evidence does not meet the tests of evidence to make it valid. Furthermore, the reasoning doesn't lead to the conclusion and there are counter-examples which suggest that in fact people's Constitutional rights are often upheld by the nation's courts.
             The main strength of the CSDP advertisement is that it does provide evidence and reasonin
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