Posts for March 21,
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:
Court Politics [Jeffrey Toobin in The New
Yorker, 3/20/16]: Presidents reveal
themselves, and often replicate themselves, in the Justices they nominate to
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:
Will The Supreme Court Nomination Fight Cost This Senator His Seat? [NPR, 3/20/16]: If Republicans don't hold hearings on the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, Democrats believe the issue could help them win the Senate this November.
Trump bump could mean good news for California
Republicans [SF Chron, 3/20/16]: With no statewide officeholders,
little pull in the Legislature and a dwindling number of registered voters,
California Republicans have teetered on the brink of irrelevancy for years.
Legislation and the Legislative Process (TOPIC 20)
Feud over Supreme Court
pick puts Senate leaders on defensive over old remarks [Politico, 3/20/16]: Both Republicans and Democrats
on Sunday defended their previous comments about whether the Senate should
consider Supreme Court vacancies in an election year.
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
The Puzzle of Reform
[Justia, 3/21/16]: In this first of a two-part
series of columns, Professor Margulies begins to explain why criminal justice
reform is happening. Margulies articulates three propositions toward which it
is moving: (1) vulnerable populations should not be treated like “ordinary
criminals”; (2) offenders deserve an opportunity to redeem themselves; and (3)
the police should be monitored, but not closely regulated.
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:
FAN: Supreme Court Denies Review in
Right of Publicity Case [Concurring
Opinions, 3/21/16]: In its order list today, the Supreme Court denied review in Electronic Arts, Inc. v. Davis. The
issue in the case was whether the First Amendment protects a speaker against a
state-law right-of-publicity claim that challenges the realistic portrayal of a
person in an expressive work.
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:
As Transgender Rights
Spread at the Federal Level, So Too Do State Level Efforts to Block Them [EdLawProfs Blog, 3/21/16]: The
Obama Administration has taken consistent and progressive steps to protect the
rights of LGBTQ youth, including policy guidance and most recently filing
a brief in favor of
Gavin Grimm in his Fourth Circuit appeal seeking equal access to facilities at
his school. But as these progressive steps occur at the federal level,
some states are attempting to move backward.
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