POS 282--Introduction to American Law
In class today, Thursday 9/11, we started with a discussion of the Sullivan case. We went over citation form for federal court decisions. We then turned to the Glucksberg case in the text regarding substantive due process. We will finish our discussion of Glucksberg (and the Glucksberg holdings) on Tuesday. The assignment for Tuesday 9/16 is to read and prepare to discuss the remainder of Chapter 1 of the text. Also, in Glucksberg, prepare to discuss how Justice Souter's characterization of the individual right involved differs from that of Justice Rehnquist.
CMJ 375--Mass Media Law
In class today, Thursday 9/11, we started with a discussion of the concept of prior restraint as it is used in copyright law. We then discussed other suspect restrictions, getting up through the different levels of scrutiny for different classifications of speech. The assignment for Tuesday 9/16 is to read and prepare to discuss through page 93 of the text, and also to read the Pentagon Papers case (New York Times v. U.S.) on page 40 of the casebook.
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