Posts for January
3, 2016
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.
To stem teacher shortages, school districts and cities
think about becoming landlords [AP, 1/2/16]: The studio apartment
Jiménez rents for $1,783 a month, or 43 percent of her salary, is located in
one of San Francisco's sketchiest neighborhoods. Getting home involves running a
gauntlet of feces-strewn sidewalks, popping crack pipes, discarded needles and
menacing comments — daily irritants that become more daunting after dark.
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:
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:
Government
can, should, support religion, Justice Antonin Scalia tells Metairie crowd [New Orleans
T-P, 1/2/16]: Government support for
religion is not only justified by the Constitution, it was the norm for
hundreds of years and it helped the United States become a free and prosperous
nation, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Saturday in Metairie.
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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