POS 359--The Current Supreme Court Term
In class today, Thursday 1/14, I distributed one handout, 18 USC 4248 regarding civil commitment of sexually dangerous persons (see next Tuesday's assignment). We talked about yesterday's 5-4 decision disallowing cameras in the trial of the California gay marriage ban, and also two posting on the c-span site, one the stakeout following the NFL anti-trust case, and the other the 2nd Circuit oral argument in Fox v. FCC regarding "fleeting expletives". We then went on to discuss the assignment for today, the opinions in Michigan v. Fisher. We will finish that discussion next Tuesday. The assignment for Tuesday is to read the oral argument in a case that was argued this week, U.S. v. Comstock. To access the oral argument transcript, go the the Supreme Court's site
www.supremecourtus.gov
select "oral arguments"
select "argument transcripts"
select 08-1224, U.S. v. Comstock 1/12/2010.
Read and prepare to discuss this case regarding the power of Congress under the "necessary and proper" clause to order civil commitment of sex offenders after their prison term is up.
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