Posts for February 15, 2017
These are the posts
that are accumulated in our weekly newsletter which goes out throughout the
school year. The posts are organized by the major units in our Constitutional 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:
Neil Gorsuch could be the most conservative justice on
the Supreme Court [“Monkey Cage” blog
in the Wash Post, 2/15/17]: Our analysis suggests that if confirmed,
Gorsuch might be the most conservative justice on the Supreme Court.
How Donald Trump Could Pressure the Supreme Court [Politico, 2/14/17]: Conventional wisdom says that
FDR's attempts to bend the judiciary to his will backfired; The truth is more
complicated.
Justice Alito Declares 'Carbon Dioxide Is Not a
Pollutant' in a Candid, Confused Speech
[Slate, 2/13/17]: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito delivered a
fascinating keynote speech at the Claremont Institute’s 2017 annual dinner on
Saturday night. Alito, who received a Statesmanship Award from the conservative
think tank, devoted much of his address to criticizing his bêtes noires,
including environmental regulation, affirmative action, the “media elite,” the
European Union, and emergency contraceptives.
The Ninth Circuit's
Contrived Comedy of Errors in Washington v. Trump: Part II [“Lawfare” blog, 2/14/17]: “In Part
I of this series, I discussed three critical errors in the Ninth Circuit’s decision
in Washington v. Trump….
In Part II, below, I analyze the panel’s refusal to narrow an overbroad
injunction.”
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:
Georgia scores a court win over Florida in
water war [Atlanta J-C,
2/14/17]: Georgia notched a victory in a long-running legal dispute with
Florida on Tuesday when a judicial official urged the U.S. Supreme Court to
reject strict new water consumption limits that Georgia said would have struck
a devastating blow to the state's economy.
The
American Presidency [TOPIC 15]
Flynn's ouster leads to more chaos in Trump world [Politico,
2/14/17]: The resignation of national security adviser Michael Flynn did little
to calm the chaos at the White House, where staff spent Tuesday scrambling to
deflect blame for the rising scandal about Flynn’s contacts with Russian
officials — including who knew what about the conversations and when.
Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian
Intelligence [NY Times, 2/14/17]: Phone records and intercepted calls show that
members of Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump
associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in
the year before the election, according to four current and former American
officials.
Balz: In the early weeks of the new administration, the
humbling of a president [Wash Post, 2/14/17]: The presidential campaign was
a heady experience for Donald Trump: months of triumph and, better yet,
disproving all the so-called experts who said he never had a chance of winning.
The early weeks of the new administration have been the opposite: the public
humbling of a new president.
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:
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:
One-fifth of L.A. public high school students said they'd
been bullied last year [LA Times, 2/14/17]: Add fighting bullying to the
long list of priorities for which the nation’s second-largest school system has
good intentions but sluggish follow-through.
OCC student who recorded instructor is suspended [OC
Register, 2/15/17]: An Orange Coast College student who secretly videotaped his
instructor making anti-Trump statements was suspended from school and told to
write a letter of apology as well as a three-page essay about the incident.
Boeing Workers Begin
Vote Seen As Bellwether of Union Movement [CNS,
2/15/17]: Boeing South Carolina workers began casting ballots on whether to
unionize Wednesday morning, the vote seen in many quarters as a referendum on
the union movement nationwide. The Palmetto state hasn’t the lowest union
membership in the nation. Labor exports say a “yes” vote could lead to a wave
of unionization across the south.
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