Posts for October 10, 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:

90 minutes of fire: Trump, Clinton trade charges, insults [AP, 10/9/16]: In a bitter debate filled with tension and insult, Hillary Clinton declared that Donald Trump's vulgar comments about women reveal "exactly who he is" and prove his unsuitability to be president. Firing back, he accused her of attacking women involved in Bill Clinton's extramarital affairs and promised she would "be in jail" if he were president.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9f749ca83e0740eca3b972c28df96e90/damaged-defiant-trump-limps-toward-debate-clinton

AP Fact Check: Trump, Clinton and their debate claims [AP, 10/9/16]: Donald Trump mischaracterized the record on Hillary Clinton's defense of her husband and her own treatment of women when he brought up Bill Clinton's sexual history and other episodes of the past. Clinton didn't give a square account of the fallout from her email practices. 

http://www.sbsun.com/article/20161009/NEWS/161009423

Hillary Solid – But Donald Doesn’t Go Postal [CalBuzz, 10/1-/16]: Hillary Clinton was solid but not spectacular in the second presidential brawl debate, while Donald Trump improbably managed to keep his head from exploding — despite calling his rival “the devil,” claiming she has “hatred in her heart” and suggesting that as president he’d put her jail, like the banana Republican that he is. 

http://www.calbuzz.com/2016/10/hillary-solid-but-the-donald-doesnt-go-postal/

Clinton Adds to Her Electoral College Edge [Sabato’s Crystal Ball, 10/10/16]: Debate probably only reinforces the new status quo.

http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/clinton-adds-to-her-electoral-college-edge/

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:

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:

International Law, Citizenship and Immigration [TOPIC 40-42]

UN rights experts call death penalty ineffective deterrent to terrorism [Jurist, 10/9/16]: Speaking ahead of the World Day Against the Death Penalty, the rights experts stated it has taken notice of governments relying upon the death penalty in order to battle terrorism, either reintroducing capital punishment or expanding the scope of offenses it is applicable to—a policy that contradicts the international movement to abolish the death penalty in all circumstances. 

http://www.jurist.org/paperchase/2016/10/un-rights-experts-call-death-penalty-ineffective-deterrent-to-terrorism.php

UN expert: US e-mail surveillance raises human rights concerns [Jurist, 10/9/16]: David Kaye, the top UN expert on free expression, stated Friday that reports that Yahoo allowed the US government to search hundreds of millions of customers' e-mails "raise serious human rights concerns." 

http://www.jurist.org/paperchase/2016/10/un-expert-us-e-mail-surveillance-raises-human-rights-concerns.php