Posts for August 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 (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:
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:
Appeals court formally
nullifies Texas abortion restrictions [AP, 8/18/16]: A
federal appeals court has nullified key portions of a sweeping 2013 Texas
abortion law - a legal formality that complies with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling
earlier this summer.
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:
Regretful Trump pivots 107 days late [Politico,
8/18/16]: The Republican nominee delivers one of the most comprehensive,
on-message rationales for his candidacy to date.
Trump Campaign Chair
Paul Manafort Resigns [CNS, 8/19/16]: Donald
Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigned Friday morning, days after
losing almost all of his authority in staff shake-up and amid continuing
controversy over alleged payments he received from pro-Russia partisans in the
Ukraine.
State Dept. confirms $400 million Iran payment
conditioned on hostage release [Politico, 8/18/16]: 'He lied about the
hostages – openly and blatantly – just like he lied about Obamacare,' Trump
says.
The Outrageously False Charges of Perjury Against Hillary
Clinton [Justia, 8/19/16]: John W. Dean,
former counsel to President Nixon, discusses the charges of perjury and false
statements brought against Hillary Clinton by congressional Republicans led by
Bob Goodlatte and Jason Chaffetz.
Supreme Court Is About To Get A Good Look At How North
Carolina Messes With Voting Rules [Huff
Post, 8/18/16]: The state's Republican Party is making tweaks to early voting,
and the justices will know all about it.
California's Democratic voter count hits all-time high [AP,
8/18/16]: Secretary of State Alex Padilla said Thursday that 45 percent of
registered voters are now registered Democrats. That's nearly 8.2 million
voters and the highest number of Democrats ever recorded. Republican
registration has continued to slide and now stands at 27 percent
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
Crime in Context
[The Marshall Project, 8/18/16]: Violent crime is up in some places, but is it
really a trend?
Obama Seeks to End
Use of Private Prisons [CNS, 8/18/16]: The
Justice Department said Thursday it will try to phase out private prison
contracts, after an audit found they have more safety and security problems
than government-run prisons.
11th Circuit panel
rules that school officials and police did not violate students’ 4th Amendment
rights by detaining them and then conducting breathalyzer tests before allowing
them to enter the prom [NSBA Legal Clips, 8/18/16]: A great 4th
Amendment class discussion can arise from these facts.
The case is Ziegler v. Martin Cnty. Sch. Dist.
and can be found here:
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:
Trump,
Clinton Show Value of Free, Independent Press [Newseum,
8/18/16]: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton may well be the best things that
have happened to a free press in a long time.
Faith and military duty:
Do they conflict? [Constitution Daily, 8/18/16]: National
Constitution Center Supreme Court correspondent Lyle Denniston looks at an
interesting religious freedom case headed to the Supreme Court about a Marine
corporal who refused an order to remove a bible-verse sign from her office
desk.
Tennessee district settles suit with ACLU over banning
student’s pro-LGBT shirt [NSBA Legal
Clips, 8/18/16]: he American Civil
Liberties Union of Tennessee (ACLU-TN) has settled a free speech lawsuit
with Giles County Schools (GCS) over banning a student from wearing a T-shirt
with a pro-LGBT message on it. The ACLU-TN filed the lawsuit in November
2015 against the GCS’s superintendent, school board and a high school
principal after Rebecca Young was prohibited from wearing a shirt
that read “Some People Are Gay, Get Over It.”
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:
Court: Hobby Lobby ruling OKs some employment
discrimination [Politico, 8/18/16]: A Supreme Court decision allowing some
companies to opt out of portions of Obamacare for religious reasons also
guarantees the right of firms to engage in religiously motivated discrimination
against their employees on the basis of gender, a federal judge in Michigan
ruled Thursday.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2016/08/hobby-lobby-supreme-court-employment-discrimination-227164
http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2016/08/hobby-lobby-supreme-court-employment-discrimination-227164
The ruling in EEOC v. R.G. & G.R. can be found
at:
International Law, Citizenship and
Immigration [TOPIC 40-42]
Immigration: Asking Judges to Decide Who's Bisexual Is Messy [Bloomberg / Slate,
8/18/16]: There’s something very awkward
about a panel of judges ruling on someone’s sexual orientation. But that still
happens in immigration asylum cases -- and Wednesday, a divided appeals court rejected a Jamaican’s claim that he should not
be sent home because he was bisexual and subject to harm there.
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