November 20, 2007

POS 282 ---Introduction to American Law
In class today, Tuesday 11/20, I first handed back the Cody case briefs, and we went over in some detail what I was looking for for each segment of the brief. The class also voted to have the final written assignment be another case brief. In Chapter 6 of the text, I went over one Maine Supreme Court case regarding advisory opinions under the Maine Constitution, Opinion of the Justices of 4/16/2004. We discussed the Sullivan case on p. 232, and then I went over two 2007 U.S. Supreme Court cases regarding standing, Massachusetts v. EPA and Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation. The Maine case is available on the Maine Supreme Court website, and the 2 U.S. Supreme Court cases are available on the U.S. Supreme Court website. When we come back for the final three weeks of the semester on 11/27, we will resume our discussion of Chapter 6 picking up after the Sullivan case.