Tuesday, January 13, 2009

January 13, 2009

POS 359--The Current Supreme Court Term
In class today, Tuesday 1/13, I distributed two handouts: the syllabus,and a handout listing the nine Supreme Court Justices and also some useful Supreme Court websites. We went over some examples of federal and state law, and discussed the concepts of either following or distinguishing precedent. I briefly reviewed the three oral arguments that the Court heard on Monday 1/12. The assignment for Thursday 1/15 is to read through page 56 of The Nine by Toobin.

CMJ 375--Mass Media Law
In class today, Tuesday 1/13, I distributed one handout, the syllabus. We went over some examples of federal and state law, and discussed the concepts of either following or distinguishing precedent. I reviewed four recent issues in the news that raised federal and state mass media law issues The assignment for Thursday 1/15 is to read Chapter One of the text.

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