Posts for January 11,
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:
The average age of the
Supreme Court is close to a record high [Wash Post blog, 1/10/16]: Now that it
is an election year, it is time to play perhaps the most macabre game in
Washington politics: When will the Supreme Court retire? And to answer that
question, we really want to ask: How old are the justices on the Supreme Court?
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:
Paul
Ryan dreams of a kinder, more substantive GOP [Politico, 1/10/16]: As presidential hopefuls slug it
out in a nasty primary, the speaker is trying to build a different identity for
House Republicans.
Klein: Trump — The Incoherent Demagogue [Time,
1/10/16]: The Coliseum is not full, but close. The crowd is white, of course.
The vast majority, I would guess, are lottery-players; they see Trump as a free
ticket. “He’s going to get me a better job,” says the guy who checks me in at
the door. “
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
A Most Violent Year
[The Marshall Project, 1/11/16]:
What the left and right got wrong about crime
in 2015.
Federal judge dismisses
nude protester's claim that police violated his rights by arresting him [Portland Oregonian,
1/10/16]: A year and a half after Matthew
T. Mglej stripped naked outside the federal courthouse in downtown
Portland, he returned to the scene and accused Portland police of violating his
right to free expression for arresting him.
Insight from Oregon [Justia, 1/11/16]: Professor Margulies explains how the peaceful
protesters at a federal facility in Oregon could advance the cause for criminal
justice reform. Margulies reminds us that that the triggering event for the
protest was an order by a federal judge that two ranchers serve a prison
sentence mandated by federal statute that was far longer than the judge
considered fair.
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:
Firing of New York
City Teacher Raises First Amendment and Performance Issues [EdLawProfes blog, 1/11/16]: The
story of teachers--or any employee for that matter--who spoke up on a
controversial reason only to be later terminated for performance based reasons
is an old 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:
High
court challenge to required union fees threatens fairness [CTA
President Eric Heins in the SF Chron, 1/11/16]: Heins’ take on the Friedrichs
case.
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