Posts for July 31, 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.
Pocket US Constitution becomes best-seller after speech [AP,
7/30/16]: A pocket version of the U.S. Constitution has become a best-seller on
Amazon.com. The 52-page pamphlet printed by the National Center for
Constitutional Studies sells for $1 and was in the Top 10 best-selling books on
Amazon on Saturday afternoon.
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:
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:
Hurry Up and Wait
[Sabato’s Crystal Ball, 7/29/16]: After the
conventions, the presidential race heads into the dog days.
Trump, Clinton work to appeal to voters who don’t like
them [SF Chron, 7/30/16]: With the primary elections long past and the
partisan cheers of July’s party conventions fading away, it’s “game on” for
presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
Voting Trump because of
the Supreme Court isn't enough [The Hill, 7/29/16]: The caller explained that, morally, she just couldn't justify voting for
the Republican nominee. She said she felt like she'd be damned to hell if she
did. Hewitt told her (albeit in his jocular style) that she'd go to hell if she
didn't vote, before launching into what is by now a common refrain: not voting
for Trump assures a more liberal Supreme Court.
Federal judge rules
Wisconsin election laws largely unconstitutional
[Jurist, 7/30/16]: A judge for the US
District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin on Friday struck
down several Wisconsin election laws, passed in recent years, stating that
"parts of Wisconsin's election regime fail to comply with the constitutional
requirement that its elections remain fair and equally open to all qualified
electors."
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:
Illinois governor
signs landmark measure protecting high school journalists against censorship
[SPLC, 7/29/16]: Illinois becomes the tenth
state with a statute protecting the independence of student journalists,
joining a growing nationwide movement that began with passage of the New Voices
of North Dakota Act in 2015.
States' flag-burning laws
unconstitutional, but persist [AP, 7/30/16]:
The U.S. Supreme Court has said flag-burning is a protected form of free
speech, but a central Illinois man was jailed on July 4th under an old Illinois
law that still says it is illegal.
Supreme Court may be
converting on religion [USA Today, 7/30/16]: till
reeling from the death of its most devout justice, Antonin
Scalia, the high court has put preventing
discrimination above protecting religion in a series of cases over the past
year, from same-sex marriage to abortion and contraception.
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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