Posts for June 19, 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 (5^th ed.) student textbook.

I. Introduction to Law, the Constitution, and the Supreme Court [See TOPICS 1-10 in the 5^th edition of Constitutional Law] Here are some recent articles that are relevant to this unit:

II. Defining the Political System: Federalism and Checks and Balances [See TOPICS 11-15 in the 5^th 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 5^th edition of Constitutional Law] Here are some recent articles that are relevant to this unit:

Trump Girds for ‘Illegal’ Republican Pushback at Convention [Bloomberg Politics, 6/18/16]: Donald Trump hit back at forces within his party who may try to stop him from formally capturing the presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention, calling their reported plans “illegal,” and urging a unified effort to win. “First of all, it’s meaningless. Second of all, it’s illegal. Third of all, you can’t do it,” Trump said Saturday at a rally at the Treasure Island casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-06-18/trump-girds-for-illegal-republican-pushback-at-convention

Trump: Reports of delegates organizing against him are media 'hoax' [Politico, 6/18/16]: Donald Trump says he isn't worried about delegates organizing against him at the Republican National Convention next month — but he spent a large part of his rally in Las Vegas on Saturday afternoon insisting that it won't happen. 

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/donald-trump-convention-delegates-media-hoax-224515

IV. Criminal Law and Procedure (4^th, 5^th, 6^th, and 8^th amendments) [See TOPICS 21-28 in the 5^th edition of Constitutional Law] Here are some recent articles that are relevant to this unit

V. 1^st Amendment (Speech, Religion, Press and Assembly) [See TOPICS 29-33 in the 5^th edition of Constitutional Law] Here are some recent articles that are relevant to this unit:

High School revokes student newspaper editor's access to post and edit online stories [SPLC, 6/13/16]: Access to post and edit content to the online version of The Playwickian, the student newspaper at Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, has been revoked for more than a month after student editors decided not to publish the word Redskin in a news article, despite being directed to do so by the school’s principal.

http://www.splc.org/article/2016/06/neshaminy-high-school-revokes-student-newspaper-editors-access-to-post-and-edit-online

VI. 14^th Amendment, Discrimination, Privacy, Working, Citizenship & Immigration [See TOPICS 34-41 in the 5^th edition of Constitutional Law] Here are some recent articles that are relevant to this unit: