POS 282--Intro. to American Law
In class today, Monday 2/5, I distributed two handouts, one a list of useful Websites, and the other a portion of the Maine statute regarding the use of force by police. We discussed the concepts in Chapter 3 in light of current Supreme Court cases, and discussed the Scott v. Harris case and paper. The assignment for Monday 2/12 is to read Chapter 4 of the text. In addition read and prepare to discuss two Maine Supreme Court cases entitled State v. Thongsavanh. The citations for the cases are 2004 ME 126 and 2007 ME 20. The cases are available from the Maine Supreme Court Website,
http://www.courts.state.me.us/opinions/supreme/index.html
Also, the first test in the class will be on Monday, 2/19.
