Wednesday, July 22, 2015

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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