Sunday, August 23, 2015

Posts for August 23, 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.

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:

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:

Chris Christie makes a Supreme Court promise [CBS news, 8/20/15]: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday pledged that if elected president, his first Supreme Court nominee would not be a Harvard Law or Yale Law School graduate.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chris-christie-makes-a-supreme-court-promise/


Democrats’ nightmare scenario: Who’s Plan B if Clinton tanks? [SF Chron, 8/23/15]: The Clinton candidacy for the White House, once considered inevitable, is struggling. Her poll numbers have been slipping — and a new CNN/ORC poll showed last week that, for the first time, a majority of Democrats think Vice President Joe Biden should enter the ring.

http://www.sfchronicle.com/nation/article/Democrats-nightmare-scenario-Who-s-Plan-B-6459917.php?t=6297069644972bc8cd&cmpid=email-premium


Democrat Sanders courts black voters in South Carolina [Reuters, 8/23/15]: Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders brought his progressive populism to deeply Republican South Carolina, and made a pitch to connect with the black voters that provide most of the Democratic support in the early primary state.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/23/us-usa-election-sanders-idUSKCN0QS03420150823?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews


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


Why You Can’t Use Dictionaries in Court [The Marshall Project, 8/23/15]: The many shifting definitions of “malice” and “rape.”

Death penalty, murder case rulings expose rift in high court [AP, 8/22/15]: Two major rulings this year on the death penalty and a murder case yielded highly unusual criticism from Connecticut Supreme Court justices against their colleagues, reaching levels of acrimony that some legal experts say hasn't been seen since the 1990s.

Proposition 47 Gives Former Felons a New Chance [KQED, 8/22/15]: On a recent morning, Sholanda Jackson dropped off her 8-year-old son at drum lessons before heading into work at an Oakland nonprofit. It sounds like a routine day for a mom — and it is. But for Jackson, it’s also a remarkable turnaround: She spent her 20s addicted to crack and in and out of prison 13 times. 

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:

Student suspended for tweet can continue with lawsuit against school district and police chief, judge rules [SPLC, 8/13/15]: Reid Sagehorn was suspended from Rogers High School (Minnesota) in February 2014 and threatened with expulsion after he sarcastically tweeted “Actually, yeah” in response to an anonymous post on a website called “Roger confessions” that said Sagehorn had “made out” with a female teacher.
Read the ruling in Sagehorn v. Indep. School Dist. No. 728 at:

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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