Posts for October 3, 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:
Fighting Words [The New Republic / AP, 10/3/16]: Why Ruth
Bader Ginsburg is speaking out -- and what it means for the battles ahead.
Supreme Court Aims for a
Boring Term
[Bloomberg / Erwin Chemerinsky in the ABA Journal / Fox News, 10/2/16]: The Supreme Court term that starts Monday will be
strange by design.
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:
New Gallup Poll Shows 57% Of
Americans Want A Major 3rd Party [Wash Post, 10/1/16]: A new Gallup
poll shows nearly 6 in 10 Americans would like to see a third major party in
American politics — a new high for a presidential election
this century.
Why Trump will do better in Ohio than he does nationally [Sabato’s Crystal Ball, 10/3/16]: For the first time since Ohio rejected JFK in favor of Richard M. Nixon in 1960, it seems quite possible that the Buckeye State will find itself on the losing side of a presidential election this year.
Tim Kaine's Long, Conflicted History With The Death
Penalty [BuzzFeed, 10/2/16]: As a
lawyer, the Democratic vice presidential nominee took cases defending death-row
inmates, arguing that parts of Virginia’s death penalty process made the system
“shockingly unequal.” When he was governor, however, he allowed executions to
proceed, even when some of those issues were raised again.
How Donald Trump would be able to not pay income taxes
for 18 years [NPR, 10/3/16]: We don't really know what Donald Trump
paid in taxes, because unlike every other major presidential candidate in the
last four decades, the GOP nominee has refused to release his tax
returns.
Clinton: ‘My worries are not the same as black
grandmothers' [Reuters, 10/3/16]: Hillary Clinton told a
majority-black church in North Carolina on Sunday that she knows her grandchildren
are growing up in a different world than many black youth in the U.S. who are
concerned about police shootings and gun violence in their communities.
Legislation and the Legislative
Process (TOPIC 20)
Political
Roadmap: There's a reason why Jerry Brown signs so many bills [LA Times, 10/2/16]:
Picture yourself, for a moment, as a member of the California Legislature who
wants to get your bill signed into law.
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
How Can a Criminal Record Haunt You for the Rest of Your
Life? [The Marshall Project, 10/2/16]: If
you wind up in prison in the U.S., your punishment doesn’t necessarily end the
day you serve out your sentence and go home. Former inmates reentering society
often get ensnared in a web of laws that dictate their post-prison lives, from
where they can live, to what they can do for a living, to whether they can ever vote.
A Defense of Shared
Humanity: Criminal Justice and National Security [Justia, 10/3/16]:
Professor Margulies discusses two primary areas
of law he has practiced during his career. He explains how his time as a
capital defense and civil rights attorney was a natural extension of his
background in criminal defense investigation. Using an evocative example of a
condemned individual deemed a threat to U.S. national security, Margulies
shines a humanizing light on a demographic usually viewed as anything but by
the American public in his argument against capital punishment.
Education Called Last
Hope for Crime-Riddled Kern County [CNS,
10/3/16]: Kern County, whose police forces kill more people per capita than any
other forces in the county, has gained another medal of dishonor: It has higher
crime rates than Los Angeles County for all violent and property crimes.
Experts say education is the only answer.
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:
10 First Amendment experts comment on legality of NYT release of
Trump’s tax returns
[Concurring Opinions, 10/3/16]: In light
of what was written in the New York Times,
they invited several First Amendment experts (practicing lawyers and noted
scholars) to respond to the purported threat of litigation. Read the comments.
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:
International Law, Citizenship and
Immigration [TOPIC 40-42]
Mohawk
band forms indigenous legal system independent of Canada [Jurist, 10/2/16]: This marks
the first instance of an indigenous people creating its own
legal system in Canada.
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