Posts for April 25, 2015

These are the posts that are accumulated in our newsletter which goes out every 4-6 days during the school year. The posts are organized by the major units in our Con Law (5^th 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] 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:

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:

Policing the Police [The Marshall Project, 4/23/15]: As the Justice Department pushes reform, some changes don't last.

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/04/23/policing-the-police?ref=hp-1-112

Sheriff Arpaio Says Court Order 'Slipped Through the Cracks' [CNS, 4/24/15]: Sheriff Joe Arpaio admitted Thursday to knowing his former counsel hired a private eye to investigate the wife of the federal judge overseeing the civil contempt hearing against him.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2015/04/24/sheriff-arpaio-says-court-order-slipped-through-the-cracks.htm

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:

UN rights chief calls on UK to curb 'hate speech' in tabloids [Jurist, 4/24/15]: The systematic anti-foreigner language used in British tabloids for decades, and a recent article in The Sun calling migrants "cockroaches," moved the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to take action on Friday, calling on UK officials and the media to curb incitement to hatred.

http://jurist.org/paperchase/2015/04/un-rights-chief-calls-on-uk-to-curb-hate-speech-in-tabloids.php

Workers gain greater protection in bringing complaints to supervisors [1^st Amend. Coalition / CNS, 4/20/15]: In a rare victory for workers, the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that  federal labor laws protect employees making complaints to their employer. The ruling came in a case in which a security guard claimed he was punished for telling his boss he had not been paid for several month. 

http://firstamendmentcoalition.org/2015/04/workers-gain-greater-protection-in-bringing-complaints-to-supervisors/

http://www.courthousenews.com/2015/04/20/2nd-circuit-expands-worker-retaliation-shield.htm

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: