Posts for September 20, 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:

More Thurgood Marshall: How the South's Public Enemy No. 1 climbed onto the Supreme Court [NY Times Book Review / Wash Post review, 9/20/15]: The reviews continue to pour in.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/books/review/wil-haygoods-showdown-thurgood-marshall-and-the-supreme-court-nomination-that-changed-america.html?_r=0

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-the-souths-public-enemy-no-1-climbed-onto-the-supreme-court/2015/09/18/3599ef36-5d30-11e5-b38e-06883aacba64_story.html

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:

State’s June primary could be critical to GOP presidential race [SF Chron, 9/18/15]: California Republicans, marginalized at home by the dominant Democrats and for years overlooked and ignored by their own presidential candidates in favor of early states like Iowa and New Hampshire, are holding out hope that the raucous, crowded 2016 race will finally give them what they’ve long lacked — clout.

http://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/State-s-June-primary-could-be-critical-to-GOP-6515567.php?t=cf315a0485f294ee0d&cmpid=twitter-premium

What Bernie Sanders means by ‘democratic socialism.’ (You still have your choice of pajamas.) [Wash Post, 9/19/15]: The shorthand that the media uses to describe Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has changed. 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/09/19/what-bernie-sanders-means-by-democratic-socialism-you-have-your-choice-of-pajamas/

Brazil Supreme Court bans corporate funding of political candidates [Jurist, 9/18/15]: The Federal Supreme Court of Brazil on Thursday banned corporate entities from providing funding to political candidates in the future. The court found that the large role corporations played in campaign funding was unconstitutional and compromised the legitimacy of the elections.

http://jurist.org/paperchase/2015/09/brazil-supreme-court-bans-corporate-funding-of-political-candidates.php

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

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:

America, The Next Hobby Lobby Case Is Heading For The Supreme Court [Huff Post, 9/18/15]: The justices could again weigh women's health care against religious liberty.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/supreme-court-birth-control_55fb6a8be4b08820d918230a

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: