Posts for November 27, 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:
Wisconsin court holds
Second Amendment extends to certain knives [Jurist, 11/25/15]: An appellate court in Wisconsin ruled Tuesday that the
application of a state law that prohibits possession of certain knives violates
the 2nd Amendment right to
bear arms.
Sex After 50 at the Supreme Court [Linda Greenhouse in the NY Times,
11/26/15]: “Fifty years after the Supreme
Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut,
granted married couples the constitutional right to use birth control, here we
are back at the court, still wrestling with contraception. Am I the only one
who finds this remarkable?”
See Ms. Greenhouse’s earlier
essay, “Church, State, and the Supreme
Court’s Moment of Truth” [NY Times, 10/29/15]:
The Supremes take up abortion
rights, again [USA
Today Op-Ed, 11/26/15]: Supreme Court must not validate sham law designed to
deprive women of safe, legal abortion.
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
California court dismisses lawsuit against district
administrators accusing them of turning a “blind eye” while undercover police
officer at high school entrapped autistic student into selling the officer
drugs
[NSBA Legal Clips, 11/23/15]: According to the
suit, the student, who has difficulty making friends and interpreting
everyday social cues, was falsely befriended by an undercover police officer
who repeatedly insisted that the student find marijuana for him. After being
harassed for nearly three weeks via 60 text messages, the student was able to
buy half a joint from a homeless man to give to the officer. The parents plan
on appealing the dismissal.
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:
Virginia district adopts policy banning Confederate flag
symbols and other divisive symbols
[NSBA Legal Clips, 11/23/15]: The revised
student dress code policy, from the Montgomery County School Board, bans
apparel that would disrupt a school’s learning environment. Among those symbols
banned are clothing displaying Confederate symbols and items denoting neo-Nazi
and other hate groups.
Read the full Washington
Post story (11/18/15]:
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:
International Law, Citizenship and Immigration [TOPIC 40-42]
The Struggle for Justice on Tribal Lands [NY Times, 11/26/15]: The Thanksgiving we now celebrate began in partnership. Long
after Pilgrim and Wampanoag families first shared their respective harvests,
Native American communities continue to work, formally and informally, with
many of their neighbors….
The case at issue, Dollar General Corporation v. Mississippi Band of
Choctaw Indians, can be found at:
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