Posts for May 24, 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.
More And More Teachers Aren’t Fully Trained[KQED,
5/23/17]: And That Could Be A Good Thing -- To staff their classrooms for the
2015-2016 school year, districts in San Diego and Imperial counties hired more
than 700 teachers who had not yet completed their training. That alarming statistic
is the kind many use to illustrate just how severely the state needs teachers.
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:
U.S. appeals court hears arguments weighing on Wall
Street policing [Reuters, 5/24/17]: A
U.S. appeals court panel questioned government lawyers at length on Wednesday
in oral arguments on whether or not the Securities and Exchange Commission's
hiring of administrative law judges for in-house proceedings violated the
Constitution.
The
American Presidency [TOPIC 15]
The Punishing Reality
of White House Investigations [The
Atlantic, 5/23/17]:
Firsthand accounts from the Clinton White House during
Kenneth Starr’s inquiry may offer a preview of what’s to come for President
Trump’s staff.
Brennan: Russia may have successfully recruited Trump
campaign aides [Politico, 5/23/17]: Former CIA Director John Brennan
said on Tuesday that he had concerns that Russian officials may have
successfully recruited aides from Donald Trump’s campaign to help in the
Kremlin’s efforts to influence last year’s presidential election.
Trump budget would abandon public education for private
choice [EdLawProfs blog, 5/24/17]: The Trump
administration has announced its plan to transform education funding as we know
it. The new budget proposal takes aim at a host of elementary, secondary and
higher education programs that serve needy students, redirecting those funds
toward K-12 school choice in the form of vouchers, tax credits and charter
schools. 
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:
For Democrats in California, a generational shift pulls
the party left, with danger and opportunity ahead [LA Times, 5/22/17]:
For decades, Democratic politics in the nation’s most populous state has been
overseen by a quintet of leaders who helped propel California from reliably
Republican to dominantly Democratic.
Is Anthony Kennedy Ready to Put an End to Partisan
Gerrymandering? [Slate, 5/23/17]: The
Supreme Court's swing voter will decide the future of American elections.
Politics in the U.S.
Will Continue to Be Brutal and Nasty, With or Without Impeachment [Justia, 5/24/17]: Professor Buchanan
predicts that regardless of the immediate future of President Trump, the
foreseeable future of American politics will be dysfunctional. Buchanan argues
that everyone who wants to improve the future of our country should look for
solutions regardless of whether they support impeachment or not.
Fight Ahead as Texas Reforms Voter-ID
Law [CNS, 5/23/17]: Texas lawmakers approved a bill Tuesday to
reform a discriminatory voter ID law, but even if it’s signed by the governor,
judges might force the state to get approval for new election rules from the
federal government.
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:
NYC Teacher Tries to Revive 'Central
Park Five' Suit [CNS, 5/24/16]: Fighting for a
teacher who was fired after her class dissected race issues in the rape of the
Central Park jogger, an attorney told the Second Circuit on Tuesday that their
case boils down to academic freedom.
Trump tries to dodge transparency on waivers for former
lobbyists [FAC, 5/23/17]: The Trump administration drew a sharp rebuke from the
head of the Office of Government Ethics for asking him to withdraw a request
for copies of waivers for former lobbyists hired to work for the administration
or a federal agency.
https://firstamendmentcoalition.org/2017/05/trump-tries-dodge-transparency-waivers-former-lobbyists/
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:
Reach of Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Comes to Supreme Court [Bloomberg, 5/23/17]: In the two years since the U.S. Supreme
Court handed down its landmark ruling affirming the right of same-sex couples
to marry, courts have been applying its reasoning in cases ranging from family
law disputes to tax issues. Soon the high court will have a chance to weigh in
on Obergefell's
implications in a case involving the rights of same-sex parents.
Mississippi parents file suit against state's public
education system [Jurist / CNS,
5/23/17]: The Southern
Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit on
Tuesday alleging that Mississippi is failing to uphold its obligations under a
federal law that enabled it to rejoin the union after the Civil War. The law
required the state to create a "uniform education system of free public
schools" that would serve all children, regardless of race and that no
amendment could be made to the state's constitution that would undermine the
requirement.
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