Posts November 7,
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:
Trump wrong to blame mass killings on mental illness
rather than guns, experts say [SF Chron, 11/6/17]: “He’s wrong on two
counts,” said Michael Stone, professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia
University and author of “The Anatomy of Evil,” who has studied 360 of the most
notorious mass murders of the past century. “It is a gun issue. And there are
very few mass murderers who are cer
http://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Trump-wrong-to-blame-mass-killings-on-mental-12336988.ph
ACLU Intensifying fight in the age of Trump [Houston Chron, 11/5/17]: eader says fight over
immigrant's abortion shows need.
The
American Presidency [TOPIC 15]
CNN poll: Trump approval hits new low of 36 percent [Politico,
11/6/17]: The number of those who said they felt the investigation into the
Trump campaigns ties to Russia was a 'serious matter' that 'needs a full
investigation' rose.
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:
Trump Looms Large in
Minds of Early Voters in Virginia [CNS. 11/6/17]:
Virginians began going to the
polls Tuesday morning to elect a new governor, and what they were saying as
they left the schools, community centers and other voting locations suggested
the election is shaping up to be a referendum on the Trump presidency.
Legislation and the Legislative
Process (TOPIC 20)
Republicans Propose
Last-Minute Changes to Tax Bill [NY Times, 11/6/17]: Republicans
outlined significant changes on Monday to the sweeping tax bill unveiled by
House lawmakers last week, moving to tighten restrictions on so-called carried
interest, alter rules aimed at preventing American companies from stashing
profits offshore and further restrict a tax credit claimed primarily by low-
and middle-income individuals.
Lawmakers ‘can’t police themselves’: How statehouses are
confronting sexual harassment [Sac Bee, 11/6/17]: Sacramento will be
among the next batch of capitals to reassess its sexual harassment policies
when the Assembly on Nov. 28 holds a hearing prompted by the “We Said Enough”
letter that dozens of female political leaders and staff members have signed.
Like the other capitals, women here say they’ve been subjected to sexual
harassment and deterred from reporting 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 :
Supreme Court upholds death sentence for man who can't
remember his crime [USA Today, 11/5/17]: The
Supreme Court ruled Monday that an Alabama prisoner on death row for more than
30 years can be executed despite having no memory of his crime. The justices,
without any noted dissents, reversed a federal appeals court ruling that had
struck down Vernon Madison's death sentence for killing a police officer. The
lower court said that because Madison had suffered strokes in prison and could
not remember the crime, he could not make sense of his punishment.
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:
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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