Posts for April 11, 2015

These are the posts that are accumulated in our newsletter which goes out every 4-6 days. The posts are organized by the major units in our Con Law (5^th ed.) textbook

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

The American Presidency [TOPIC 15]

Lawsuit filed against State Department for failing to evacuate US citizens in Yemen [Jurist, 4/10/15]:  The Council on American-Islamic Relations and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of US citizens still in Yemen against the US State Department and the Department of Defense for allegedly failing to launch an evacuation plan.

http://jurist.org/paperchase/2015/04/us-lawsuit-filed-against-state-department-for-failing-to-evacuate-us-citizens-in-yemen.php

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

 

IV. Criminal 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] Here are some recent articles that are relevant to this unit:

Cheaters Never Prosper…But they hardly ever get punished this severely [The Marshall Project, 4/9/15]: The threat of a prison sentence for a schoolteacher is usually connected to cases of sexual malfeasance. Not so in Atlanta, where 11 public school educators will stand for sentencing on Monday.

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/04/09/cheaters-never-prosper?ref=hp-2-121

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