August 30, 2011

POS 282--INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
In class today, Tuesday 8/30, I distributed two handouts: the syllabus and the case of Mills v. Wyman. We went over the syllabus, and began going over the Wyman case. The assignment for Thursday September 1 is to finish reading the Wyman case, figuring out what the Court is doing in each paragraph of the opinion.


POS 359--THE CURRENT SUPREME COURT TERM
In class today, Tuesday 8/30, I distributed four handouts: the syllabus, a list of the Justices and selected web sites, selections from the Constitution, and an article from the New Yorker by Jeffrey Toobin about Justice Clarence Thomas. We went over the first three of those handouts, and the Toobin article is the reading assignment for Thursday 9/1. The Toobin article may also be found on the web at

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/08/29/110829fa_fact_toobin

I also began a discussion about the most recent Supreme Court decision, Leal Garcia v. Texas, which I will continue with on Thursday as well.