February 26, 2009

POS 359--The Current Supreme Court Term
In class today, Thursday 2/26, we spent most of the class going over yesterday's Summum decision. We also talked a little about the "Class Apart" American Experience program. The assignment for Tuesday March 17 is to read the transcript of the oral argument in the Caperton case. The case will be argued on Tuesday March 3, and the transcript will be available later that same day on the Supreme Court website. Have a good Spring break.

CMJ 375--Mass Media Law
In class today, Thursday 2/26, we continued our discussion of the four invasion of privacy torts. I went over one additional Maine case, Nelson v. Maine Times, that rejected claims for three of the four privacy torts. The assignment for Tuesday March 17 is to finish reading Chapter 5 of the text (pp. 187-211) and to read in the casebook the Shulman case (p. 110) and the Falwell case (p. 118). Have a good Spring break.