Posts for October 6, 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:
High Court Justices Voice
Support for Insider-Trading Cases [Bloomberg / Reuters, 10/5/16]: U.S. Supreme Court justices suggested they will make
it easier to prosecute Wall Street figures for insider trading as the court
heard arguments on the subject for the first time in two decades.
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:
Clinton’s Electoral College Lead Regenerates [Sabato’s Crystal Ball, 10/6/16]: She’s back over 300 electoral votes after a post-debate polling boon.
The 2016 Streak Breakers [Sabato’s Crystal Ball, 10/6/16]: The longstanding blue and red counties that Clinton and Trump could flip.
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
Making the Case
Against Banishing Sex Offenders [The Marshall Project, 10/5/16]: Legislators won’t touch the subject, but courts
are proving more sympathetic.
U.S. Supreme
Court weighs Texas death row inmate's race claim [Reuters / USA
Today / CNN, 10/5/16]: U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared
set to side with a black Texas death row inmate seeking to avoid execution after
his own trial lawyer called an expert witness who told jurors black people are
more likely to commit violent crimes.
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:
Idaho Caves on
Enforcing Obscenity Law [CNS, 10/6/16]: Artists
in Idaho claimed a victory against government censorship this week when a
federal judge granted a permanent injunction against enforcement of a 40-year
old law that prohibits simulated sex acts in performances with "serious
literary, artistic, scientific or political value."
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:
Hijab Challenge lets Fresno State students experience a
day as Muslims [Fresno Bee, 10/5/16]: Kate Hobbs, 18, sorted through a pile
of scarves on a table at Fresno State, unsure whether she, a white Christian
woman, should wear one in the style of a Muslim hijab.
International Law, Citizenship and
Immigration [TOPIC 40-42]
UN picks next
secretary-general [NPR, 10/5/16]: After six straw polls, the U.N.
Security Council has endorsed a candidate for secretary-general: Portuguese
politician Antonio Guterres. "Guterres
is well known in the U.N. system," as NPR's Michele Kelemen tells our
Newscast unit. Until late 2015, Guterres served as the U.N. high commissioner
for refugees, where he led worldwide efforts to help refugees for 10 years.
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