Posts for October 21, 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:
Federal Appeals Court Upholds
Connecticut Gun Law
[Hartford Courant, 10/19/15]: Appeals court rules post-Newtown gun laws 'pass
constitutional muster'
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:
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
Who Gets to be Human? [Justia, 10/21/15]: Margulies
continues his discussion of the role of dignity as a condition of a legitimate
criminal justice system. Margulies argues that it is dignity that saves us from
the conceit that we may decide who gets to be human, but he laments that many
people are not yet ready to give up that conceit.
Scalia:
'Wouldn't surprise me' if death penalty struck down [AP,
10/20/15]: Scalia
addressed capital punishment during a University of Minnesota Law School
appearance Tuesday. Scalia says death penalty decisions from the court have
made it "practically impossible to impose it, but we have not formally
held it to be unconstitutional."
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:
What does it mean to vindicate a First Amendment right of free
expression? [Concurring Opinions,
10/21/15]: Have we entered some postmodern maze
in which we have lost our constitutional bearing . . . or we are struggling to
find our way out in the hope of discovering a new one?
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:
Friedrichs v. CTA – What you need to know about challenge to union
dues [EdSource, 10/20/15]:
Sometime in early 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Friedrichs
v. the California Teachers Association et al., a closely watched
California-based lawsuit with major implications for the state’s teachers
unions and potentially all public-employee unions. The lawsuit challenges the
authority of the CTA and other public-employee unions to collect mandatory
fees, a main source of their income and, by extension, their power.
International Law, Citizenship and Immigration [TOPIC 40-42]
EU rights
court allows secret hearings [Jurist, 10/20/15]: The European Court for Human Rights
dismissed the claims of three students claiming their nearly two weeks of
detention without charges violated their human rights.
San Francisco Affirms Sanctuary City Status [Two articles from CNS, 10/20/15]: The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Tuesday
unanimously approved a resolution opposing the "scapegoating of
immigrants" and rejecting a "deportation-focused" federal
immigration program. Meanwhile, Senate Democrats
blocked a bill Tuesday that would defund so-called sanctuary cities -
jurisdictions that ignore federal detainers on immigrants whom the government
seeks to deport.
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