Posts for September 27, 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:
Californians To Decide Record-High 650 Local Ballot
Measures This November [CPE, 9/26/16]: When California voters open up
their November election ballots, they won't just see 17 statewide propositions.
There are a record 650 local ballot measures -- including 425 tax and bond
measures that seek to raise or extend local revenues.
After A Very Bad Year, Americans Like The Supreme
Court Again, Survey Finds [Huff
Post,9/26/16]: A bit of good news while the court limps along with only eight
members.
SCOTUS 2016 Term: By the Numbers [Bloomberg, 9/26/16]: The U.S. Supreme Court always kicks off a
new term on the first Monday in October. This term that's Oct. 3. The high court's 2016
docket isn't filled with the kinds of blockbusters that court watchers have
become accustomed to over the last few terms. But the cases the court has
agreed to hear offer a little bit for everyone.
The Supreme Court After Scalia: There has not been a
liberal majority of Justices since Nixon was President [Annals of the Law from The New Yorker, 10/3/16]: This
article is a great introduction for students as you begin to study the Supreme
Court.
How Clinton's or Trump's Nominees Could Affect the
Balance of the Supreme Court [An
interactive report from Adam Liptak and the NY Times, 9/26/16]: A new study
estimates where President Obama’s pick, Judge Merrick B. Garland, and the
candidates’ potential nominees, all federal appeals court judges, would fit on
the ideological spectrum compared with current justices. Pair this report with the previous article for
interested students as you begin to study the 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:
Now we wait: let’s see how the debate impacts an
ever-tightening election [Sabato’s
Crystal Ball, 9/27/16]: Go to Real
Clear Politics and HuffPost Pollster to
check out the ever-evolving poll averages for the national race and especially
all the swing states.
Real
Clear Politics: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.html
HuffPost
Pollster:
The Debate
Clinton vs. Trump: The only 30 minutes that matter [Politico,
9/26/16]: Most of the big debate moments in history came in the encounter’s
opening rounds, something Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton would do well to
remember.
Clinton set the trap and Trump walked in [Politico,
9/27/16]: The Democrat dominated the debate. Will it matter?
AP Fact Check: Trump, Clinton deny their own words in
debate [AP, 9/26/16]: Donald Trump's habit of peddling hype and
fabrication emerged unabated in the first presidential debate while Hillary
Clinton played it cautiously in her statements, though not without error. They
both denied making statements that they are on the record as saying.
The Politico Wrongometer [Politico, 9/26/16]:
Our policy reporters truth-squad the 2016 presidential debates.
Giuliani: I'd skip next debates if I were Trump [Politico,
9/27/16]: Donald Trump should skip the next two debates unless he gets special
guarantees from the moderators, former New York mayor and top Trump adviser
Rudy Giuliani told reporters after the debate.
Analysis: Clinton wins 1st debate by letting Trump be
Trump [SF Chron, 9/26/16]: The big question before the first
one-on-one presidential debate Monday night was which Donald Trump would show
up — the one who fires up large rallies with incendiary remarks or
“teleprompter Trump,” the more disciplined version who hews closer to talking
points crafted by his strategists.
Calbuzz: Hillary Looks Presidential – Was Donald On
Drugs? [CalBuzz, 9/27/16]: The first one-on-one presidential debate
came down to this: a woman president versus a whackjob who kept sniffing like a
cokehead. Or maybe he just has pneumonia.
The Polls
Who will win the
presidency? [538 / NY Times, 9/26/16]: Fascinating. Worth a look. A victory by Mr. Trump remains quite possible: Mrs.
Clinton’s chance of losing is about the same as the probability that an N.F.L.
kicker misses a 48-yard field goal.
Voter Proof-of-Citizenship Struck Down [Trial Insider, 9/26/16]: The D.C. Circuit Court of
Appeals told Kansas, Alabama and Georgia Monday that the states cannot require
proof of citizenship as an addition to the federal voter registration form. The
appeals court had issued a preliminary injunction blocking the states.
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
After the debates:
What you have to know about “Stop and Frisk” [The Marshall Project,
9/27/16]: A collection of articles about “Stop and Frisk.”
Law profs create 4th
Amendment warning signs for lawns [ABA Journal, 9/26/16]: Two law professors found a 2013 decision, Florida
v. Jardines, to have an odd application of the Fourth Amendment. “So,
being law nerds, we thought we’d give people an opportunity to change any
implicit license with explicit signs,” says Andrew Guthrie Ferguson who teaches
at the University of the District of Columbia’s David A. Clarke School of Law.
Together with Stephen Henderson of the University of Oklahoma ‘s College of
Law, Ferguson created actual yard signs for that very purpose.
The Jardines case can be found on page
245 of the Con Law student text.
SCOTUS considers death
penalty case in which expert testified race could predict future violence
[ABA Journal, 9/26/16]: On Oct. 5, the court
will consider the case of Texas death row inmate Duane E. Buck, who faces
procedural hurdles in challenging his own trial lawyer’s decision, during the
sentencing phase, to present an expert witness who predicted the future
dangerousness of the defendant based in part on the fact that Buck is
African-American.
The case is Buck v. Davis:
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:
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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