Posts for September 4, 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]
Obama to speak out if Trump ends DACA [Politico,
9/4/17]: Obama’s current plan is to post a statement on Facebook and link to it
on Twitter, where the former president has more than 94 million followers. In
his final presidential press availability, he suggested that he would speak out
if Trump went after the Dreamers — and that it was one of the few issues where
he would feel morally compelled to do so.
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:
Democratic infighting between establishment, progressives
sweeping country [SF Chron, 9/2/17]: At the Netroots Nation conference in
Atlanta last month, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren opened her speech to
3,000 progressives with a spirited attack on ... former Democratic President
Bill Clinton.
http://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Democratic-infighting-between-establishment-12169484.php
Legislation and the Legislative
Process (TOPIC 20)
With brutal Sept. to-do list, GOP already clashing over
Harvey relief, debt limit [Wash Post, 9/3/17]: President Trump and
congressional Republicans return to work this week facing enormous pressure to
achieve major policy victories and carry out such basic acts of governance as
providing disaster relief in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, avoiding a default
on the nation’s debt and keeping federal agencies open. So far, there is little
evidence of progress.
Ignore the critics. Sen. Dianne Feinstein is
outperforming many half her age, with old-fashioned civility -- Maybe
civility, tact and graciousness have become so untrendy in politics that when a
U.S. senator plays nice to an American president she just naturally gets booed.
Even in her hometown, a supposed bastion of sophistication and enlightenment.
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:
Berkeley protests catapult black-clad ‘antifa’ to
newfound fame and controversy [SJ Merc, 9/4/17]: They wear black pants
and sweatshirts, with either helmets or hoods over their heads, bandanas across
their faces — and dark sunglasses, goggles or gas masks over their eyes. Many
carry makeshift shields and flags, whose staffs can quickly become weapons.
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:
Walters: California unions on a political roll, but see
threats on horizon [CALmatters, 9/4/17]: California’s labor unions
should be celebrating on this Labor Day because they’ve been on a political
roll. Overall union membership in California, 2.6 million, is by far the most
of any state, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, and at 15.9
percent of the state’s workers, is one of the nation’s highest.
International Law, Citizenship
and Immigration [TOPIC 40-42]
The Dreamers Won’t Go
Quietly [Marshall Project, 9/1/17]: If President Trump was aggravated by the legal
challenges to his travel ban, wait until he takes on the young immigrants who
call themselves Dreamers. He is likely to face a far bigger storm of opposition
in the courts and also in the streets if he decides to shut down a program that
has given protection from deportation to nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants
who came to this country as children.
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