September 10, 2009

POS 282--Introduction to American Law
In class today, Thursday 9/10, I began by talking about yesterdays' U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in the First Amendment free speech case of Citizens United v. FEC. We the went over the Bangor parade ordinance that was distributed last time. I prefaced the discussion of Glucksberg by going over a history of the long strange journey of the Fourteenth Amendment and especially the Due Process Clause. We talked about the history of the right to privacy. We then began going over the holding in Glucksberg. The assignment for Tuesday September 15, once again, is to prepare to discuss the Holding for Glucksberg and Conn. v. Doe. Make sure to follow the format of the template and the AAC case Sample Brief.