Posts for March 12, 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:
Gorsuch has ruled for
police, and suspects, in crime cases [AP, 3/11/17]: Judge
Neil Gorsuch wasn't convinced that a teenager who made burping sounds in a
classroom should be arrested, handcuffed and taken to juvenile detention in a
police car.
Democrats Who Support Neil Gorsuch Will Pay A Price,
Progressive Groups Warn [Huff Post,
3/9/17]: Opponents of the Supreme Court nominee are getting serious ahead of
this month's confirmation hearings.
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]
All of Trump’s Russia Ties, in 7 Charts [Politico,
3/11/17]: What is the real story of Donald Trump and Russia? The answer is
still unclear, and Democrats in Congress want to get to the bottom of it with
an investigation. But there’s no doubt that a spider web of connections—some
public, some private, some clear, some murky—exists between Trump, his
associates and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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:
Can Indivisible do for progressives what Tea Party did
for GOP? [SF Chron, 3/11/17]: Susan Campodonico hadn’t been out on the
street protesting since the Vietnam War. But there she was, standing in front
of the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland on a Tuesday afternoon, holding a neon
green sign that read: “Honk for single payer NOW!”
Legislation and the Legislative
Process (TOPIC 20)
The Republican Health Care
Crackup [David
Brooks in the NY Times, 3/10/17]: The
Republican health care bill could represent the moment when the old order of
American politics completely cracks up, the end of a certain era in American
politics.
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:
Privacy: Bill strips student, teacher online privacy [EB Times, 3/9/17]: In
2015 Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that prohibited California police and other
state agencies from searching our phones and online accounts without our
consent, a court order, or showing it is an emergency.
International Law, Citizenship
and Immigration [TOPIC 40-42]
Wisconsin federal judge blocks application of revised
Trump immigration order [Jurist,
3/11/17]: A federal judge
for the US District Court for the Western District of
Wisconsin granted
a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump's revised
immigration ban on Friday to a Syrian asylum seeker and his family.
ACLU Files Class Action Over
SoCal Immigrant Detentions [CNS, 3/10/17]: San Diego’s chapter of the American Civil
Liberties Union filed a class action lawsuit in federal court claiming
immigrants being held in local detention centers for months on end are denied
their due process rights. According to the ACLU, the long detentions result
from delays in initial immigration hearings.
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