Tuesday, August 31, 2010

August 31, 2010

POS 282--Introduction to American Law
In class today, Tuesday 8/31, I distributed one handout, the syllabus, and we went over it. I discussed a moment in the recent confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan that highlighted three aspects of the power structure of our government: federal v. state power; legislative v. judicial power; and individual decision-making v. governmental power. The assignment for Thursday 9/2 is to read pp. 1-28 of the textbook.