Posts for November 2, 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:
What Happens If Republicans Refuse to Replace Justice
Scalia? [The Atlantic / Huff Post / ,
11/1/16]: Senators Ted Cruz and Richard Burr and some conservative legal
scholars are arguing that if a Democrat wins the election, the Senate should
refuse to confirm anyone.
We may be living in the
final days of the Supreme Court of the United States: Constitution, meet crisis
[ThinkProgress, 11/1/16]: In
fairness, it is unlikely that the sitting chair of the Senate Intelligence
Committee believes that assassination is the appropriate response to a
Democratic woman running for president. But the same recording in which he made
those remarks also captures his thoughts on the appropriate response to a
Democratic presidency. And it is a constitutional crisis.
Political groups fight for control of state supreme courts [AP, 11/1/16]: Wealthy powerbrokers. Special interest groups.
Millions of dollars pouring in to elect conservatives or liberals. It sounds
like a typical election-year contest for Congress or a state legislature, but
it's actually a high-stakes battle for institutions that were once considered
above politics: state supreme courts.
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:
Accusations flow from
Georgia, Florida as water war trial begins [Atlanta J-C / AP, 11/1/16]: Georgia portrayed Florida on Monday as a long-running
legal opportunist finding fault with Atlanta lawn-lovers, South Georgia
farmers, federal engineers — anybody but the Sunshine State — for the economic
and ecological harm done to the Apalachicola River basin.
Ga. Supreme Court: Guns
not allowed at school functions [Atlanta J-C, 11/1/16]: The Georgia Supreme Court today delivered a blow to
gun rights activists in a ruling that said a law that prohibits guns at school
property trumps one passed at the same time that allowed firearms inside school
safety zones.
Read the decision in West v. The State by going to:
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:
California Governor
Race for 2018:
Former state schools chief Delaine Eastin says she's
running for governor in 2018 [Politico, 11/1/16]: Delaine Eastin, who
served eight years as California's top education official, said Tuesday that
she intends to be a candidate for governor in 2018.
Antonio Villaraigosa
Running for Governor? [Capitol Weekly, 11/1/16]:
Trump claims momentum but data favor Clinton [Politico,
11/1/16]: Donald Trump is claiming a surge of late momentum behind his
presidential bid as Hillary Clinton rushes on air with TV ads for the first
time in four blue states she supposedly already locked up.
Nephew: George W. Bush may vote for Clinton [Politico,
11/1/16]: George P. Bush said Tuesday that his uncle, former President George
W. Bush, may join his grandfather George H.W. Bush in casting his ballots for
Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump, according to the Associated Press.
A Look at this Year’s
Soft-on-Crime Attack Ads [The Marshall Project, 11/1/16]: Campaign ads in the age of criminal justice
reform.
NAACP challenges North Carolina 'en masse' voter
registration cancellations [Jurist,
11/2/16]: The North
Carolina National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
filed a federal lawsuit on Monday challenging North Carolina's sudden
cancellation of voter registrations across three counties.
Campaign-Disclosure
Win in Montana Has Big Implications [CNS,
11/1/16]: A federal judge in Montana upheld the state's campaign-finance
reporting and disclosure laws late Monday, clearing the way for what could
become a significant challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizen United
ruling.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2016/11/01/campaign-disclosure-win-in-montana-has-big-implications.htm
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:
Trump Won’t Win a
Defamation Suit as a Plaintiff, But He Could Lose as a Defendant [Justia, 11/2/16]: Professor Dorf
explains how under defamation law, Donald Trump may be vulnerable to defamation
lawsuits by the women he accused of lying about contact with him, and why, at
the same time, any defamation lawsuits he might pursue against those women
would be unlikely to succeed.
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]
Rights groups: Facebook deleting posts on human rights
abuses [Jurist, 11/2/16]: A coalition of
more than 70 rights groups on Monday sent a letter to Facebook
asking for clarity on the social media website's "policy on removing video
and other content, especially human rights documentation, at the request of
government actors."
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