Posts for March 28,
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:
Clinton: Americans should
put Court nomination at forefront [AP, 3/28/16]: Hillary
Clinton wants voters to consider what Republican front-runner Donald Trump
might do to shape the Supreme Court.
Why Garland's Judicial Record Slips Through Critics' Fingers [Nina Totenberg on NPR, 3/27/16]: Sometimes it pays to have a
boring day job. Even those opposing Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland
concede that getting people's blood boiling over his record is difficult.
That's in part because of the court he has served on for 19 years.
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:
Roe v. Wade Was
Lost in 1992 [Slate, 3/27/16]: How
'undue burden' -- a concept nurtured by anti-abortion groups and championed by
the first woman on the Supreme Court -- has eroded the right to choose.
Birth control
and Obamacare: A pious hijacking at the Supreme Court [The Economist
/ “Constitution Daily” blog, 3/28/16]:When abstractions fuzz the mind,
one tends to grope for a handy metaphor to make sense of it all. And when
judges hear a case in which dozens of Christian
charities and schools say that filling out a form designed to protect them
actually constitutes a mortal threat to their beliefs, a skilled lawyer is wise
to supply the berobed ones with a conceptual crutch.
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:
Justice Department Voting Rights Unit Adapts After Supreme Court Ruling [NPR, 3/27/16]: ustin Levitt leads the Justice Department's voting rights unit, which is fighting in North Carolina, Texas and elsewhere in the first national elections since the Supreme Court upended the Voting Rights Act.
Calbuzz: The Key Facts Behind Clinton, Trump State Leads [CalBuzz,
3/27/16]: That Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are leading their respective
presidential contests in California, according to the latest PPIC poll, is not
surprising: what is noteworthy is how significantly the Democratic race appears
to be affected by independents who are permitted to vote in that contest.
Despite
the math, Bernie Sanders has already won[K{CC, 3/27/16]:- Bernie Sanders scored huge-margin
victories Saturday in the caucuses in Washington State, Hawaii and Alaska.
Legislation and the Legislative Process (TOPIC 20)
Walters: California politicians redefine adulthood [Sac
Bee, 3/27/16]: What’s the appropriate age for someone to assume the legal
rights and responsibilities of adulthood?
Conservatives to pounce if GOP relents on Supreme
Court [Politico, 3/28/15]: The 'no
hearings, no vote' stance has made Mitch McConnell an unlikely hero of the
right, but that could change in an instant.
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:
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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