April 13. 2010

POS 359--The Current Supreme Court Term
In class today, Tuesday 4/13, we began with a discussion of the retirement of Justice Stevens. We then talked about the 7th Circuit's decision in their Christian Legal Society case, and its differences and similarities to the CLS case before the Supreme Court. I went over another case that was cited as precedent in our case, University of Wisconsin v. Southworth (2000). The assignment for Thursday 4/15 is to watch on c-span an interview with Justice Stevens. The program can be accessed by going to c-span.org, selecting c-span series, selecting America and the Courts, and selecting "C-span interview with Justice Stevens". (If time and interest permit, you might also want to go to the c-span "archives" to watch other programs featuring or discussing Justice Stevens.)