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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