Posts for July 22, 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 (5th ed.) student textbook.
Parent files suit against Pennsylvania
district over his daughter receiving a zero after missing biology test because
she was working on school fundraiser
[NSBA Legal Clips, 7/16/15]: The parent is
seeking to have the zero removed from his daughter’s grades. The suit
claims Madison Downs was classified as cutting class and not allowed to
make up the work. It argues that she was told by another teacher she
wouldn’t be penalized and that she could not be academically punished for
that sort of misconduct anyway. It also asks the court to declare
unlawful the district's policy of not allowing students to make up work if they
intentionally miss or cut class.
Read the article from the
York Daily Record:
I.
Introduction to Law, the Constitution, and the Supreme Court [See TOPICS 1-10 in the 5th edition of Constitutional
Law] Here are some recent articles that are relevant to
this unit:
Samuel Alito and the Slippery Slope
of Liberty [The
Atlantic, 7/22/15]: The conservative justice suggests progressives should be
just as worried as he is about the Supreme Court's ruling on gay marriage.
II.
Defining the Political System: Federalism and Checks and Balances [See TOPICS 11-15 in the 5th
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 5th edition of Constitutional
Law] Here are some recent articles that are relevant to this unit:
Constitution Check: What's the next big controversy on campaign finance?
[Constitution Daily / The New Yorker, 7/21/15]: Lyle Denniston, the National
Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at a pair of
recent campaign financing rulings that could be moving on to the Supreme Court.
Fox: Could California
Decide Republican Presidential Nominee? [Fox & Hounds, 7/21/15]: Given the large field of Republican
presidential candidates, no clear frontrunner and the real possibility that
delegates will be dispersed among many candidates during the primary season, it
is conceivable that California Republican voters in the June primary could
provide the needed delegates for one of the candidates to secure the
nomination.
Legislation and the Legislative Process (TOPIC 20)
Key education bills still
in play as legislators take summer break [EdSource, 7/21/15]: Legislators who headed out of town on Friday
for a month have already decided the fate of many key bills. Gov. Jerry Brown
has signed a much debated child vaccination law that eliminates the personal
belief exemption to school-required vaccinations.
IV. Criminal Law and Procedure (4th,
5th, 6th, and 8th amendments) [See TOPICS 21-28 in the 5th edition of Constitutional Law] Here are some recent
articles that are relevant to this unit
V. 1st
Amendment (Speech, Religion, Press and Assembly) [See TOPICS 29-33 in the 5th
edition of Constitutional Law] Here are
some recent articles that are relevant to this unit:
VI. 14th
Amendment, Discrimination, Privacy, Working, Citizenship & Immigration [See TOPICS 34-41 in the 5th edition of Constitutional
Law]
Here are some recent articles that are
relevant to this unit:
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