Posts for November 7, 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:
Days Before The Election, One Place In Washington Rose
Above Politics [Huff Post, 11/6/16]:
It happened, as the Constitution would have it, at the Supreme Court of the
United States.
OT 2016 #5 Podcast : 'Why
Do We Wear Robes? [First Mondays, 11/7/16]: Justice
Breyer's got theories about fashion, and the First Mondays team is on it.
Joe Biden: The Senate's 'Outrageous' Dysfunction Is
Infecting The Courts [Huff Post,
11/7/16]:The vice president sounded the alarm as HuffPost shadowed him on the
campaign trail for a day.
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:
When Courts and the
Executive Branch Are in Charge of Appropriations [Justia, 11/7/16]:
Professor Rotunda explains how courts and the
executive branch are circumventing the absence of appropriations from Congress
and points out that this can have negative unintended consequences.
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:
Exit polls under siege [Politico, 11/7/16]: Ever
since Jimmy Carter’s early concession in 1980 was blamed for losses to
down-ballot Democrats in Western states, both politicians and media outlets
have been religious about not reporting the results until everyone’s voted. But
that’s all about to change, starting early Tuesday morning.
Clinton looks poised to lock it up [Politico,
11/7/16]: Pressing to lock in her electoral advantage in the final hours of the
2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton will summon the collective firepower of the last
two Democratic presidents on Monday while Donald Trump scrambles furiously
across state lines in a last-ditch bid to scale the blue wall of support she
has built.
Trump
hangs tough in battleground states [Politico, 11/7/16]: Donald Trump is still in the
hunt. While Hillary Clinton remains consistently ahead of Trump in national,
election-eve polling — the race is closer in the most populous battleground
states, where Trump could still spring an upset.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/trump-battleground-states-230875
FBI Chief: No Charges
against Clinton after new email review [AP,
11/6/16]: FBI Director James Comey
abruptly announced Sunday that Hillary Clinton should not face criminal charges
related to newly discovered emails from her tenure at the State Department,
lifting a cloud of uncertainty that has shadowed the final days of her
presidential campaign.
Democrats ask
SCOTUS to restore order barring voter intimidation in Ohio [Politico,
11/6/16]: Democrats made a
last-ditch plea to the Supreme Court Sunday night, urging the justices to
restore an injunction barring Donald Trump's campaign and its allies from
Election Day actions that could intimidate voters looking to cast their ballots
in the battleground state of Ohio.
How the Harry Reid Machine May Have Killed Trump’s
Chances [Politico, 11/6/16]: By bringing Hispanics out in droves in
early voting, the Senate minority leader is trying to turn Nevada into a
bellwether for a Clinton win.
Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral
votes. Compare your picks with ours [LA Times, 11/6/16]: For this
version, our goal was no toss-ups. We're giving you our best estimates, based
on public polling, state vote histories and the reporting done by our campaign
staff, on which way we think each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia
will fall this year.
Sabato’s Crystal Ball: Final 2016 Picks [Sabato’s Crystal Ball, 11/7/16]: Clinton 322, Trump 216;
50-50 Senate; GOP holds House. So says Sabato.
Final snapshot: Democrats slight favorites to win the
Senate [Politico, 11/6/16]: Republicans are confident they'll keep the
House and hope to limit their losses to a dozen seats.
2,000 Late
Registrants Can't Vote in Arizona [CNS,
11/7/16]: Two thousand Arizonans who registered to vote the day after the
Columbus Day deadline cannot vote on Tuesday, a federal judge ruled.
Supreme Court Chucks
11th-Hour Relief for Arizona Voter Advocates [CNS, 11/7/16]: Get-out-the-vote groups have used ballot
collection since at least 2002, but if they do so Tuesday, they face up to a
year in prison after the Supreme Court stayed an eleventh-hour injunction
Saturday. Arizona criminalized the ballot collection earlier
this year by revising section 16-1005 with enactment of House Bill 2023. The
change makes anyone guilty of a class-6 felony if he "knowingly collects
voted or unvoted early ballots from another person."
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
Texas Supreme Court case could clear hurdles for workplace
rape victims [Dallas Morning News, 11/6/16]: One
minute, she said, she was having a smoke with her boss in the employee bathroom
during their overnight shift at a Steak 'n Shake in Plano. The next, he
lunged.
Mending, not ending,
stop-and-frisk [Wash Post, 11/3/16]: Way back in their first debate, Hillary Clinton
and Donald Trump actually had a substantive disagreement over policy. It was
about stop-and-frisk policing, in which officers stop citizens on the street
for questioning and frisk them for weapons. Trump insisted that the tactic was
constitutional and had saved thousands of lives in New York City. Clinton
replied that a federal court had declared the practice unconstitutional, that
it was ineffective and that we need to pursue other strategies to reduce urban
crime. The election is not likely to turn on the point, but the future of
policing may.
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:
Federal Appeals Court
Upholds Removal of College Student for Facebook Posts [Newseum, 11/7/16]: A public college
had the authority to remove a nursing student from its program for Facebook
posts without violating the First Amendment, a federal appeals court has ruled.
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:
Federal judge rules Title VII protections extend to
sexual orientation [Jurist,
11/6/16]: A federal ruled Friday that Title VII's protection from employment
discrimination based on sex extends to sexual orientation. The ruling came as
the court refused to dismiss a case where the plaintiff alleged discrimination
based on his LGBT status creating a hostile work environment leading to
discharge.
Parents of three members of girls’ softball team file
Title IX discrimination suit against Alabama district claiming subpar
facilities [NSBA Legal Clips, 11/7/16]: Specifically, the suit alleges that
HCS has discriminated against female student-athletes in: athletics
funding; provision of equipment and supplies; scheduling of games and practice
times; travel and per diem allowances; opportunities to receive coaching;
provision of locker rooms and facilities for practices and games; training and
medical facilities and provision of publicity.
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