Posts for November 15, 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:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg utters
the words: 'President Trump' [Wash Post, 11/14/16]: Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, who made headlines this summer for saying she feared for the country
and the Supreme Court should Donald Trump be elected, acknowledged the
inevitable Monday afternoon: “President Trump.”
Federal courts will shift
to the right under Trump [USA Today, 11/14/16]: The legal
world is transfixed with the Supreme Court vacancy President-elect Donald
Trump is poised to fill. But his greater
impact, at least in the short run, could come by filling vacancies and
replacing retiring judges on federal appeals courts that hear 400 times as many
cases.
Merrick Garland: What
happens now?
[CNN, 11/15/16]: Sometime in January,
Merrick Garland is likely to return full-time to a top job in the judiciary.
But it will be on the second highest court in the land.
An Alternate Take on
Trump's Potential Supreme Court Nominees [Empirical SCOTUS, 11/14/16]: Trump’s list of potential nominees varies
considerably from the norm of judicial candidates for the Supreme Court in
recent years.
The Highest Court [Jeffrey Toobin in the New Yorker, 11/21/16]: A seven-paragraph essay,
part of a larger collection titled "Aftermath: Sixteen Writers on Trump's
America."
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:
Trump victory could imperil Roe v. Wade abortion ruling [AP, 11/14/16]: If a
reconfigured high court did overturn it, the likely outcome would be a
patchwork map: some states protecting abortion access, others enacting tough
bans, and many struggling over what new limits they might impose.
The
American Presidency [TOPIC 15]
Trump considering woman, openly gay man for leadership
posts [AP, 11/14/16]: The incoming president is considering Richard
Grenell as United States ambassador to the United Nations. If picked and
ultimately confirmed by the Senate, he would be the first openly gay person to
fill a Cabinet-level foreign policy post.
White nationalists' 'man in the White House'? Bannon
appointment provokes angry rebukes [Politico / SJ Merc, 11/14/16]:
Donald Trump’s effort to rebrand himself as a unifier and open-minded
negotiator were drowned out by an angry national backlash over his naming of an
enthusiastic promoter of white nationalism as his chief strategist in the White
House.
First Day of Trump’s Presidency Could Begin a Rollback of
LGBTQ Rights [KQED, 11/15/16]:
According to Trump’s 100-day plan, released by his campaign in October,
he will “FIRST, cancel every unconstitutional executive action, memorandum and
order issued by President Obama.” That means Trump could immediately repeal
Executive Order 13672, which explicitly prohibits federal contractors and
subcontractors from discriminatory hiring practices based on gender or sexual
identity.
Giuliani Tops Trump List for Secretary of State [CNS,
11/15/16]: Sequestered in his Manhattan
high-rise, President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to fill key foreign policy
posts. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has emerged as the favorite to serve
as secretary of state, a senior Trump official said.
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:
What So Many People Don’t Get
About the U.S. Working Class [Harvard Business Review, 11/13/16]: For months,
the only thing that’s surprised me about Donald Trump is my friends’
astonishment at his success. What’s driving it is the class culture gap.
I’m a Coastal Elite From the Midwest: The Real Bubble
is Rural America [Roll Call,
11/10/16]: I’m from the rural Midwest. I now live in Washington, D.C. All of
this talk about coastal elites needing to understand more of America has it
backward.
Legislation and the Legislative
Process (TOPIC 20)
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Nancy Pelosi: 'As
long as she’s leader we keep the majority' [LA Times, 11/14/16]:
Speaking with reporters Monday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said House
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) should stay in leadership
because it benefits Republicans.
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
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:
UN rights group says US ignoring rights of Native
Americans protesting Dakota Access Pipeline [Jurist, 11/15/16]: The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
[official website] released the statement after Grand
Chief Edward John, an expert member of the UNPFII, spent three days in the
Standing Rock area and composed a report of his observations.
School district deploys administrators to calm students’
nerves [KPCC, 11/14/16]: On Monday, hundreds of students in Los
Angeles schools walked out of classes to protest the anti-immigrant rhetoric of
President-elect Donald Trump. One hour south, in Santa Ana, school officials
tried to head off any protests by sending every administrator from the central
office to the district’s 62 schools.
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:
Raise the Rainbow
Flag: Federal Court Rules that Title VII Bans Sexual Orientation Discrimination [Justia, 11/15/16]: Professor Grossman
comments on a recent decision by a federal district court in Pennsylvania
holding that Title VII bans sexual orientation discrimination. Grossman
describes the gradual recognition of sexual orientation discrimination as a
cognizable injury under Title VII and praises the court for coming to the
correct conclusion.
Bilingual education vote in California another shift from
bitter 1990s conflicts [EdSource, 11/14/16]: The overwhelming approval
by California voters to end restrictions on bilingual education in its public
schools marks another significant shift from the political expressions of
racial and ethnic resentments that swirled across California’s multiethnic
landscape during the 1990s.
International Law, Citizenship
and Immigration [TOPIC 40-42]
Defiant San Francisco Vows to Remain Sanctuary City [AP,
11/14/16]: A large crowd cheered Monday as San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee vowed
that the city will remain a sanctuary for immigrants, gays and lesbians, and
religious minorities despite the election of a president who strikes fear into
many of those communities.
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