Posts November 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 (5^th ed.) student textbook.

US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 11 November 2017 [Jurist, 11/11/17]: Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week:

http://www.jurist.org/paperchase/2017/11/us-roundup-11-November-2017.php

I. Introduction to Law, the Constitution, and the Supreme Court [See TOPICS 1-10 in the 5^th 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 5^th edition of Constitutional Law] Here are recent articles that are relevant to this unit:

Judicial Confirmations and Interpreting the Constitution: Borking, Activism, and Originalism [William F. Buckley Program at Yale, 11/11/17]: An interesting YouTube video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_UdbgW2V5M

Guns in America and the Travel Ban That Went Unnoticed: A close look at the Second Amendment.[ “Amicus” podcast from Slate, 11/11/17]: n the wake of another mass shooting, Dahlia Lithwick speaks with Adam Skaggs, chief counsel at the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, about the Second Amendment. And one year after Donald Trump’s election to the presidency, Becca Heller, co-founder of the International Refugee Assistance Project, talks about how her job changed after the election.

http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/amicus/2017/11/guns_got_people_out_to_vote.html

The American Presidency [TOPIC 15_

Sneak Attack: Trump is trying to secretly push through another Muslim ban [Slate, 11/11/17]: A t the end of last month, the Trump administration quietly rolled out new restrictions on certain groups of refugees, ostensibly aimed at “protect[ing] people from terrorist attacks and other public-safety threats.” This latest form of “extreme vetting” reportedly targeted citizens of 11 purportedly high “risk” countries, along with the children and spouses of refugees already in the United States.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/11/trump_is_trying_to_secretly_sneak_through_another_muslim_ban.html

III. The Political System: Voting and Campaigns (See Topic 16-20 in the 5^th edition of Constitutional Law] Here are someecent articles that are relevant to this unit:

Jerry Brown, President of the Independent Republic of California [Politico, 11/11/17]: As he crusades across Europe, the governor is acting like the leader of a sovereign country—an alternative to the United States in the Trump era

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/11/jerry-brown-california-profile-215812

IV. Criminal Law and Procedure (4^th, 5^th, 6^th, and 8^th amendments) [See TOPICS 21-28 in the 5^th edition of Constitutional Law] Here are some recent articles that are relevant to this unit :

UCLA basketball team returns to L.A., with three arrested players still in China [LA Times, 11/11/17]: UCLA's basketball team returned from Shanghai after its season-opening victory over Georgia Tech on Saturday without the three players ensnared in a legal imbroglio over the alleged theft of designer sunglasses.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-sp-ucla-basketball-china-20171111-story.html

V. 1^st Amendment (Speech, Religion, Press and Assembly) [See TOPICS 29-33 in the 5^th edition of Constitutional Law] Here are some recent articles that are relevant to this unit:

VI. 14^th Amendment, Discrimination, Privacy, Working, Citizenship & Immigration [See TOPICS 34-41 in the 5^th edition of Constitutional Law] Here are some recent articles that are relevant to this unit:

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