^{Posts December 26, 2017}

^{These are the posts that are accumulated in our weekly newsletter which goes out throughout the school year. The posts are organized by the major units in our Constitutional Law (5th ed.) student textbook.}

I.    Introduction to Law, the Constitution, and the Supreme Court [See TOPICS 1-10 in the 5^th edition of Constitutional Law] Some recent articles that are relevant to this unit:

II.   Defining the Political System: Federalism and Checks and Balances [See TOPICS 11-15 in the 5^th edition of Constitutional Law] Some recent articles that are relevant to this unit:

III.  The Political System: Voting and Campaigns [See TOPICS 16-20 in the 5^th edition of Constitutional Law] Some recent articles that are relevant to this unit:

5 of 6 candidates for California governor oppose death penalty [SF Chron, 12/26/17]: As the death penalty has gradually lost its once-overwhelming public support, it may have also lost its effectiveness as a wedge issue among office-seekers. And evidence of that is in the race for governor of California in 2018.

^{http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/5-of-6-candidates-for-California-governor-oppose-12453926.php}

In California, harassment scandals roil ruling Democrats [Politico, 12/25/17]: A national reckoning on sexual harassment that got its start in Hollywood is now upending Democratic politics throughout the nation’s most populous state.

^{https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/24/sexual-harassment-allegations-california-democrats-306231}

IV.  Cminal Law and Procedure (4^th, 5^th, 6^th, and 8^th amendments) [See TOPICS 21-28 in the 5^th edition of Constitutional Law] Some recent articles that are relevant to this unit:

The Big Business of Prisoner Care Packages [The Marshall Project, 12/21/17]:

To stop drugs and weapons from entering jails and prisons, many corrections agencies bar family members from mailing packages or bringing them during visits. Those who want to send food, clothing and other gifts to incarcerated relatives — at any time of year — often must go through private vendors.

^{https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017/12/21/the-big-business-of-prisoner-care-packages?ref=hp-1-121}

V.   1^st Amendment (Speech, Religion, Press and Assembly) [See TOPICS 29-33 in the 5^th edition of Constitutional Law] Some recent articles that are relevant to this unit:

VI.  14^th Amendment, Discrimination, Privacy, Working, Citizenship & Immigration [See TOPICS 34-41 in the 5^th edition of Constitutional Law] Some recent articles that are relevant to this unit:

^{Internat ional Law, Citizenship and Immigration [TOPIC 40-42]}

American ISIS Suspect Held in Iraq Has Right to Lawyer, Judge Rules [AP, 122517]: A federal judge ruled Saturday that the U.S. military must provide legal counsel to an American citizen who was picked up months ago on the Syrian battlefield and accused of fighting with Islamic State militants. The unidentified American, who has not been charged, surrendered to U.S.-backed fighters in Syria around Sept. 12 and is curently being held in Iraq as an unlawful enemy combatant.

https://apnews.com/6cd762ba50de4fef8375308c69b92fb8/Judge:-American-accused-of-fighting-for-IS-must-get-lawyer