Posts for March 29,
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:
This is what a per curiam decision looks like:
U.S. Supreme Court Asks Parties for Paths to Settling
Religious Contraception Case [WSJ,
3/29/16]: Move suggests high court may
be seeking to avoid 4-4 tie on a ruling.
Supreme Court's Split on Union Dues Could Be Harbinger
of More Deadlocks [WSJ,
3/29/16]: Tie underscores how much one
justice can affect the direction of closely divided 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:
Court seeks new way to
decide birth-control cases [SCOTUS blog, 3/29/16]: The Supreme Court on Tuesday afternoon, looking for a
new way to spare religious non-profit institutions from any role in providing
birth-control techniques for their employees even while assuring that
those services are available, asked lawyers on both sides of seven cases to
make new proposals on how both might be done.
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:
Trump’s delegate danger [Politico, 3/28/16]: He’s beating Cruz at the ballot, but he’s months behind in the battle to make those wins count at the convention.
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
Samuel Alito's Sixth Amendment Denialism [Slate’s Supreme Court Dispatch, 3/28/16]: The Supreme
Court justice only accepts the reality of American legal history when it aligns
with his judicial ideology.
Court to rule on scope of
retrial power [SCOTUS blog, 3/28/16]: The Supreme
Court on Monday stepped back into the long-running constitutional controversy
over prosecutors’ power to put an individual on trial a second time for related
crimes, agreeing to sort out the effect of a jury’s mixed verdict at the
first trial — guilt on some counts, innocence on others.
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:
A Prescription for Religious Liberty
[Nat. Rev., 3/29/16]: In two weeks, the Supreme
Court is scheduled to decide whether to hear one of the most important Free
Exercise cases in decades.
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:
Supreme Court deadlock
upholds win for unions in fee case [AP / Reuters / Bloomberg News /
NPR, 3/29/16]: In the clearest sign yet of
the impact of Justice Antonin Scalia's death, conservative opponents of labor
unions on Tuesday lost a high-profile Supreme Court dispute they once seemed
likely to win.
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