Posts for July 11, 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 'More
Conservative' Than Scalia in First Months [Jost on Justice, 7/9/17]: Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch celebrated the Fourth of
July by joining the holiday parade in the small Boulder County community of
Niwot. Gorsuch "worked the parade like a senator, not a sitting Supreme
Court justice," according to a reporter for the left-leaning news site Rewire.
Watch The 7th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review [UC Irvine School of Law, 7/10/17]: moderated by
law professor Richard L. Hasen -- author of the "Election Law Blog.”
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 Jr. Confirms He Was Told Clinton
Info Was From Kremlin [CNS,
7/11/17]: Donald Trump Jr. on Tuesday released what he says is
the entire email chain setting up his controversial meeting with a Russian
lawyer at the height of the 2016 campaign, confirming reports he was told in
advance the potentially damaging information she had to share about Hillary
Clinton came directly from the Kremlin.
Trump Begins Shifting
Courts Rightward Just as Republicans Hoped [Bloomberg, 7/10/17]: He has already moved swiftly to fill an unusual,
inherited vacancy on the Supreme Court, and now his aides are working
their way through a large number of openings on the lower federal courts.
Some of his first picks are up for a Senate committee vote this month.
On Russia, White House struggles to stick to a script [Politico,
7/10/17]: For a White House that has strained to explain itself during
persistent scandals, the past 72 hours have proven particularly perilous on a
subject central to the administration’s woes: Russia’s interference in the 2016
election.
Clinton v. Jones and President Trump [Gerard Magliocca in Concurring Opinions,
7/10/17]: “I’ve posted before about the litigation pending against
President Trump from his run as the host of The Apprentice. The President’s attorneys have moved
to have the case thrown out, and in part they are arguing that Clinton v. Jones should be read as applying
only to civil lawsuits filed in federal court. The pending lawsuit is in state
court, which (under the President’s theory) allows him to obtain immunity.”
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:
ACLU sues Trump's vote fraud commission
for violating federal law
[Jurist, 7/11/17]: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a
lawsuit on Monday against President Donald Trump's election commission for lack
of accountability in violation of federal law. The Federal Advisory Committee
Act was created to ensure that all advisory committees were accountable to the
public regarding procedure and operation.
Is Trump the new Bush? Pelosi sees a way forward for
Democrats [SF Chron, 7/10/17]: Republicans may hold the legislative
power in Washington, but House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco
sees a glimmer of hope for reversing that: a vulnerability in the GOP that
reminds her of the unwinding of President George W. Bush’s presidency — and she
said Monday that Democrats will start rolling out plans in the next week to
exploit it.
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:
First
Amendment Receives a C+ in Quarterly “Report Card” [Newseum,
7/11/17]: The report card, released by the First Amendment Center of the
Newseum Institute, evaluates the state of the First Amendment in the summer of
2017.
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:
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