Posts for November 21, 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:
If Animals Have Rights, Should Robots? [New Yorker, 11/28/16]: We can think of ourselves as an
animal's peer -- or its protector. What will robots decide about us?
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:
The
American Presidency [TOPIC 15]
The Total Trumpism of Jeff
Sessions, Attorney General Nominee [New Yorker, 11/18/16]: In terms of
policies, beliefs, and a capacity for bigotry, Sessions’s endorsement of Trump,
and his vigorous campaigning for him in the months that followed, should have
been no surprise at all.
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:
The making of the President, 2016 [Politico,
11/20/16]: The election in 232 phots, 43 numbers and 131 quotes, from the 2 candidates
at the center of it all.
Energized
by Trump's win, white nationalists gather to 'change the world’ [NPR, 11/20/16]: Loyalists of
the self-described white nationalist, alt-right movement from around the
country gathered in D.C., Saturday afternoon, enthused by the election of
Donald Trump and optimistic that their controversial, offensive views such as
calling for a white, Ethno-centric state were on the rise throughout the
country.
Legislation and the Legislative
Process (TOPIC 20)
Trump's $1 trillion plan hits D.C. speed bumps [Politico,
11/20/16]: The president-elect's pitch for an upgrade of the nation’s roads,
bridges, tunnels and airports is already running into Washington reality.
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:
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:
Labeling Moderate
Muslims As Anti-Muslim Extremists [Justia,
11/21/16]: Professor Rotunda discusses the controversial designation of
Maajid Nawaz, a practicing Muslim, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born former
Muslim, as “hateful extremists” by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).
Rotunda argues that SPLC should reconsider its criteria for labeling someone an
extremist, and he points out ways in which SPLC’s labeling system is
inconsistent and misguided.
International Law, Citizenship
and Immigration [TOPIC 40-42]
McCain to Trump:
Waterboarding won't be reinstated [AP, 11/20/16]: A leading Republican voice on national security matters said Saturday he
doesn't care what President-elect Donald Trump says, the United States will not
reinstate waterboarding.
Trump and immigrants: Wide fear of deportations in Bay
Area, but how will it work? –[EB Times, 11/18/16]: To achieve his goal
of deporting two to three million immigrants with criminal records,
President-elect Donald Trump would have to go after hundreds of thousands of
people in California, including some with green cards who have minor
convictions on their records, immigration and legal experts say.
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