Posts for January 25,
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.
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:
Family's fight over vacation land goes to
U.S. Supreme Court [Milw.
Journ., 1/24/16]: Wisconsin is full of stories about cabin owners at odds with
shoreland conservation and development rules. But only one has made it to the
U.S. Supreme Court. Earlier this month, the justices agreed to hear the Murr
family's claim that St. Croix County effectively took its property without
compensation.
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:
Can Donald Trump's
wife, Melania Trump, remain such a private figure if her husband wins the GOP
presidential nomination - or the presidency [AP, 1/25/16]: First lady
Melania Trump. If that prospect evokes no clear image, that's no accident.
Donald Trump's wife has said little in the campaign about the type of first lady
she'd like to be should her husband win the Republican nomination and the
presidency. The distance, she's said, is intentional so she can focus on the
couple's 9-year-old son, Barron.
In Nine Trips to Supreme
Court, Ted Cruz Saw Mixed Results [Texas Trib, 1/24/16]: Before he was a U.S. senator or a candidate for
president, Ted Cruz argued before
the U.S. Supreme Court nine times, putting the Texas Republican in an exclusive
club.
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
Ban on Mandatory Life
Sentences for Juveniles Extends to Old Cases [CNS
/ SCOTUS blog, 1/25/16]: The Supreme Court ruled Monday that its decision
against a mandatory life sentence without parole for juveniles can be applied
retroactively.
The
decision is in Montgomery v. Louisiana and can be found at:
Expecting Super Bowl's dark side, volunteers fill
survival kits for sex trafficking victims [SJ Merc, 1/25/16]: Of all the global problems Emily Moreno could
have chosen to tackle, she zeroed in on the sex trafficking of young girls
about her age. But really, what could a 16-year-old suburban high school
sophomore do?
The Secret Hints for
Winning Parole [The Marshall Project, 1/25/16]: Brush your teeth, sit up straight, and prepare for disappointment.
The Bottoson Effect [Justia, 1/25/16]: Professor Margulies discusses the
problem of states executing death row inmates under laws subsequently found to
be unconstitutional, as has happened in Texas and in Florida, and likely in
many other cases. Margulies laments that the United States continues to
experiment with capital punishment when experience demonstrates the procedures
for imposing this irreversible sentence are rife with problems.
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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