Posts for November 8, 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.
Why some LAUSD teachers
are balking at a new approach to discipline problems [LA Times, 11/7/15]: In a South Los Angeles
classroom, a boy hassles a girl. The teacher moves him to the back of the room,
where he scowls, makes a paper airplane and repeatedly throws it against the
wall. Two other boys wander around the class and then nearly come to blows.
Cellphone videos pose new
challenges for school administrators [Sac
Bee, 11/6/15]: A decade ago, before cellphones could record video and share it
instantly, there was relatively little worry over how students might use
devices on campus.
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:
9th Circuit addresses
senility among federal judges head on [AP,
11/7/15]: Now 84, federal appellate court Judge William Canby made the
difficult decision a few years ago to mostly stop hearing cases after a 30-year
career. He was sharp and healthy, but didn't want to risk mental decline that
would lead him to make mistakes, he said.
Argument
preview: New woe for class-action lawsuits? [SCOTUS blog, 11/7/15]: Lawyers who have groups of clients
pursuing common grievances — often against big corporations — have known
for years that their cases are an endangered species in the Supreme
Court. In decision after decision, a majority of the Court has shown
deepening skepticism about lawsuits technically known as “class actions.”
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:
A
Republican Can Kill Obamacare. Will He? [Bloomberg View, 11/5/15]: Ever since the 2010 passage of the
Affordable Care Act, Republicans have worked to sabotage the law and have done
their best Yosemite Sam imitations to show
the folks back home how furious they are at that varmint Barack
Obama who signed it. Democrats have operated on the theory that Sam's six-shooter
fires only blanks. If offered a genuine opportunity to repeal health insurance
coverage for millions of Americans, would Republicans go through with it?
The Little Sisters of the Poor Get Their
Day at the Supreme Court [Slate, 11/6/15]: Is opting out of part of the Affordable Care Act a religious
burden?
Supreme Court grants
cert. in birth control mandate challenge [Jurist, CNS, 11/7/15]: The Court on Friday granted certiorari in seven cases where petitioners,
religious non-profit institutions, challenge aspects of the birth control
mandate under the health
care reform laws in the US.
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:
Defining 'One Person, One Vote': The Supreme Court Returns to the
Political Thicket [Huff Post, 11/6/15]: Presumably no one would disagree
with Earl Warren's statements in Reynolds v.
Sims (1964) that "[l]egislators represent people, not trees or
acres" and "[c]itizens, not history or economic interests, cast
votes." Now, there’s Evenwel v. Abbott.
See the SCOTUS blog on Evenwel:
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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