Posts for July 20, 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:
Supreme Court nominee out
in cold as election heats up [Reuters, 7/19/16]: Merrick Garland hit an unwanted milestone on Tuesday as the federal
appeals court judge's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court reached its 125th
day with no Senate action, tying for the longest pending nomination ever to the
high 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:
The
American Presidency [TOPIC 15]
Obama administration asks
Supreme Court to rehear immigration case [Reuters / Constitution
Daily / Bloomberg View, 7/18/16]: In a
last-ditch effort to revive a White House plan to protect up to 4 million
immigrants from deportation, the Obama administration on Monday asked the U.S.
Supreme Court to rehear a case on which the eight-member court was split 4-4
last month.
Clinton and the
Democrats Will Have Two Years, at Most, to Accomplish Anything [Justia, 7/20/16]: Professor Buchanan explains why,
if Hillary Clinton is elected, she has at most two years in which to enact
legislation. As Buchanan explains, the pattern of U.S. Senate elections makes
it highly unlikely there can be any lasting, meaningful change to the
government’s partisan gridlock.
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:
Not so Hot in
Cleveland [Sabato’s Crystal Ball, 7/20/16]: With
two nights down at the Republican National Convention and two nights to go,
here are five quick observations on Trump TV
As Trump is
Coronated, Republicans Fight a Familiar Internal Battle [Sabato’s Crystal Ball,
8/20/16]: From Taft to Trump, with a lot in between. An interesting historical
read.
Voting challenges head toward the Supreme Court: 4 cases to
watch [CNN, 7/19/16]: The
looming election and the Supreme Court will converge in the coming months as
voting rights challenges on issues such as Voter ID, early vote cutbacks and
same-day registration make their way to the high court.
Trump chief blames Hillary for repeated words in
Melania’s speech [SF Chron, 7/19/16]: After spending hours trying to
explain how Melania Trump’s well-received prime time speech Monday at the
Republican National Convention had sections that were, ah, similar to the talk
Michelle Obama gave at the 2008 Democratic convention, Donald Trump’s team came
up with an answer: Hillary did it.
Trump bounces back [Politico, 7/19/16]: Gone
were the rambling musings from Monday. In was a crisp schedule that had his
eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., kick off the prime-time programming with one of
the best surrogate speeches of 2016, a deft blend of character testimonial as
only a child can provide and an impassioned check-list of conservative agenda
items popular with the GOP crowd.
Wisconsin court order
relaxes voter ID law for November election [Jurist, 7/20/16]: Judge Lynn
Alderman's order implemented an "affidavit option" sought by the
plaintiffs, in which voters who are not able to obtain ID can still vote if they sign a declaration explaining why
they were unable to do so. The
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
Two Parties, Two Platforms
on Criminal Justice [The Marshall
Project, 7/18/16]: The Republicans nod to reforms, then take a sharp right
turn.
Arkansas execution case
could lead court to revisit Oklahoma [AP, 7/19/16]: Lawyers
for eight death row inmates in Arkansas say their challenge of the state's
execution procedures should warrant a U.S. Supreme Court review that would
likely revisit the high court's ruling on an Oklahoma case.
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:
Protests Aplenty, but
No Disorder, as Republicans Nominate Trump [CNS,
7/20/16]: Temperatures climbed Tuesday as Republicans confirmed Donald Trump as
their nominee for president and on the streets of Cleveland tensions between
factions of demonstrators surrounding the Quicken Loans Arena also heated up.
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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