January 11, 2011

POS 359--The Supreme Court Term
In class today, Tuesday 1/11, I distributed 4 handouts: the syllabus; a list of the Supreme Court Justices, with some useful websites; selected parts of the U.S. Constitution; and the assignment for Thursday 1/13 (below). We went over the handouts, and spent most of the class discussing the background of the Snyder v. Phelps case.
The assignment for Thursday 1/13 is to read the Petitioner’s (Snyder’s) brief in the case of Snyder v. Phelps (Docket #09-751).
The brief can be accessed by going to the Supreme Court website
http://www.supremecourt.gov/
On the left hand side. Select “Merits Briefs”, and then “On-line Merits Briefs”.
This will take you to the ABA site.
[or you can just go directly to this site]:
http://www.abanet.org/publiced/preview/briefs/oct2010.shtml#snyder

Scroll down alphabetically to Snyder v. Phelps, and then select “Brief for Petitioner Albert Snyder”

POS 282--Introduction to American Law
In class today, Tuesday 1/11, I distributed one handout, the syllabus, which we went over. We spent most of the class discussing the recent Arizona shooting, and the different levels of constitutional law and statutes involved in the case. The assignment for Thursday 1/13 is to read and prepare to discuss through p. 28 of the text.