Posts for February
26, 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:
Why the Real Battle Over the Fate of the US Supreme
Court Isn't About Replacing Scalia
[David Cole in Vice News, 2/26/16]: The
fight that will truly determine the makeup of the Court for a generation
to come is the fight for the White House.
The Grave Risks of the Senate Republicans' Stated
Refusal to Process any Supreme Court Nominee President Obama Sends Them [Justia, 2/26/16]: Among these risks, Professor Amar
argues, are the possibility that a President Hillary Clinton might appoint
Obama to the Supreme Court, that the Democrats could take over the Senate and
approve a nominee that a Republican-controlled Senate would not have approved,
or even that Justices Breyer and Ginsburg could retire under a
Democrat-controlled Senate, giving President Obama three places on the Court to
fill with liberal justices.
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:
The American Presidency [TOPIC 15]
The Single Most Revealing
Sentence Obama Has Said About His Supreme Court Nominee [ThinkProgress, 2/26/16]: Obama also says that he will pick a judge with “an
understanding of the way the world really works,” a statement that seems
uncontroversial but that also hearkens to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s warning
that the Court’s conservatives do not understand “the realities of the workplace” in a famous pay discrimination case.
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:
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Dems 2016: From
Carolina to Ides of March, Part Two [Sabato’s Crystal Ball, 2/25/16]:
Upcoming Democratic calendar clearly favors Clinton, but Sanders has credible
targets, too
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Virginia: The Pivotal
Primary [Sabato;s Crystal Ball, 2/25/16]: Trump
is favored but the Old Dominion may be Rubio's best chance to defeat him on
March 1.
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:
Oklahoma federal
district court upholds school district’s prohibition of Native American wearing
eagle feather in graduation cap [NSBA Legal Clips, 2/19/16]: A federal
district court in Oklahoma has ruled that a Native American student, who was
prohibited from wearing an eagle feather on her graduation cap, failed to state
a claim for violation of her First Amendment free speech rights.
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:
California districts
raise concerns over federal court’s order allowing plaintiffs in suit involving
special education students access to student data [NSBA Legal Clips, 2/25/16]: School
officials from a number of school districts in California are alarmed by a
recent order from a federal district court judge allowing plaintiffs in a
lawsuit access to data derived from the demographic and personal
information of California public school students dating back to 2008
States’ legislative
efforts restricting transgender students’ restroom/locker room access are
pushing back in response to U.S. Dep’t of Ed.’s interpretation of Title IX as
applicable to transgender students [NSBA Legal Clips, 2/24/16]: Although
a number of local school districts have yielded to the U.S. Department of
Education (ED) Office for Civil Rights' (OCR) interpretation of Title IX as
applying to transgender students in part out of fear of federal investigations
that could cost them millions in funding.
Appellate judges intensely question lawyers in Vergara case [EdSource / KPCC / CNS,
2/25/16]: In a closely watched case affecting public schools and students
throughout California, a state appeals court on Thursday heard vociferous
arguments over whether employment laws protect incompetent teachers and
disproportionately hurt low-income and minority children.
Where are privacy, national security limits in new Digital Age? [Newseum, 2/25/16]: The legal tug of war between Apple and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation over access to a single iPhone is shaping up to be one
of the first great national disputes of the Digital Age.
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