Illinois to upgrade history,
standards; CA’s still pending [Cabinet Report, 9/8/14]: History and social science
standards will be updated under a plan announced late last month by State
Superintendent Christopher Koch, making Illinois the latest state to use
frameworks aligned with the Common Core State Standards. The decision comes as
other states – especially California – consider their options for updating
history and social science standards that are more than a decade out of date.
Some say
N.H. Supreme Court's decision on taxpayer standing a game changer [Concord (N.H.)
Monitor, 9/8/14]: The U.S. and state
constitutions differ in a way that could prove relevant here. The U.S. Constitution
has a provision explicitly prohibiting cases that lack actual disputes or
controversies, while New Hampshire’s does not. The justices acknowledged that
in their ruling last month, but they said Part II, Article 74 of the state
Constitution – the section on who can request an advisory opinion – acts
effectively the same way.
How Corrupt Are Our Politics? [NY Rev of Books, 9/25/14]: A
review by David Cole of Zephyr Teachout’s Corruption
in America: From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuff Box to Citizens United.
Harry Reid Rewrites the First
Amendment [WSJ,
9/7/14\: When politicians seek to restrict speech, they are invariably trying
to protect their own incumbency.
The 10 ‘Poorest’ and
Richest) Members of Congress for 2014 [Roll
Call, 9/7/14]: Roll Call’s annual list of the 10 “poorest” members of Congress
contains one majority whip, one party chairman, one formerly impeached judge
and one senator.
Congress' post-summer
agenda includes ISIS, avoiding government shutdown [KPCC, 9/7/14]:
Congress returns to the Capitol Monday night after more than a month
away from Washington. There's likely to be votes on a temporary funding measure
to keep the government running until after the election and whether to shut
down the import/export bank that guarantees loans for purchasing American goods
by foreign buyers.
This evening: vote on proposed amendment to First Amendment [Concurring Opinions, 9/8/14]: Since a vote re a proposed amendment
to the First Amendment has been scheduled for 6 p.m. ET
this evening, I am reposting an earlier FAN column on this topic.
Gay
marriage and the courts: Too far, too fast? [The Economist blog,
9/7/14]: The cascade of rulings
invalidating state-level same-sex marriage prohibitions now includes decisions
from three federal appellate courts.
Three State Gay Marriage
Ban Appeals to be Heard [Trial
Insider, 9/8/14]: Three state gay marriage bans,
for Hawaii, Nevada and Idaho, come under federal appeals court scrutiny Monday
before three federal appeals judges who have supported gay rights in the past,
including the author of the decision to strike down California’s same-sex
marriage ban.
Bringing Carolene
Products up to date? [Lyle Denniston in the SCOTUS
blog, 9/7/14]: Much of
the modern history of civil rights law finds its origin in a famous
footnote in a 1938 Supreme Court decision dealing with shipping
“adulterated” milk across state lines. But there is another part to
that ruling, and a new appeal is asking the Court to bring that part up to
date, for use in judging laws that put limits on the way businesses can
operate.
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