Posts for May 16, 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:
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]
Trump Confirms He
Shared Classified Intel With Russians [CNS,
5/16/17]: A day after the White House vociferously denied a Washington Post
report that President Donald Trump shared classified information with Russian
officials, the president himself took to Twitter Tuesday morning to say he not
only shared the information but had every right to do so.
Ex-intelligence
leaders: ‘Nightmare’ if Trump leaked to Russia [Politico[, 5/15/17]: The president could have hampered the U.S. response
to ISIS, security experts say. President Donald Trump’s allegedly loose
lips with the Russians could have caused serious damage to U.S. efforts to
counter the Islamic State, intelligence experts and former government security
officials of both parties said Monday night.
How Trump gets his fake news [Politico, 5/15/17]:
The president rarely surfs the web on his own, but his staff have made a habit
of slipping news stories on to his desk—including the occasional internet hoax.
Trump's trust problem [Politico, 5/15/17]:
Senior administration officials have strained their credibility with the public
with months of false, misleading or tortured statements.
GOP flips Obama-era
regulations, claim a boon to economy [AP,
5/14/17]: Final score: Republicans 14, Barack Obama’s last-minute regulations,
one. Congressional Republicans anxious to show voters they can get
something done are hailing their reversal of more than a dozen Obama-era
regulations on guns, the internet and the environment.
9th Circuit Focuses on Trump’s Muslim Statements in
Travel Ban Hearing [KQED / Jurist / Trial Insider, 5/15/17]: Once again,
statements about Muslims made by President Trump on both the campaign trail and
in the White House took center stage at a court hearing over the president’s
ban on travel from six majority-Muslim countries.
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 Seeks
Fines for Dozens of Political Campaigns [CNS, 5/16/17]: California’s Fair Political Practices Commission has
proposed roughly $100,000 in fines for campaign violations against dozens of
candidates and campaign committees, to consider at their May 25 meeting.
High Court Serves Defeat to
North Carolina’s Voter-ID Law [CNS, 5/15/17]: North Carolina’s warring lawmakers failed Monday to have the U.S.
Supreme Court take up a battle over a voter-identification law struck down as
discriminatory.
Legislation and the Legislative
Process (TOPIC 20)
Secret Republican Senate Talks Are Shaping Health Care
Legislation [KQED, 5/15/17]: The Senate is negotiating its own legislation
to repeal and replace much of the Affordable Care Act in secret talks with
senators hand-picked by party leaders and with no plans for committee hearings
to publicly vet the bill.
Why Flynn could easily beat his Senate subpoena [Politico,
5/15/17]: Congress is handcuffed in getting obstinate witnesses to comply.
That's why the FBI's Russia probe is the one that really matters.
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
California's attorney general says Trump administration's
new emphasis on drug prosecutions is 'crazy' [AP, 5/15/17]: California
Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra on Monday sharply criticized the decision by
President Trump's administration to reinvigorate federal prosecution of drug
crimes, saying the decision will have a disproportionate impact on communities
of color.
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:
NewseumEd
Pilots Fake News Class at Palo Alto School [Newseum, 5/15/17]: The
class, developed with student input, is aimed at improving students’ media
literacy.
Explore the free learning tools at NewseumEd:
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:
Give Juveniles Their
Due [Marshall Project, 5/15/17]: Fifty
years after a landmark Supreme Court case, juvenile courts still lack due
process. This is the story of the Gault case.
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