March 29, 2011

POS 359--The Current Supreme Court Term
In class today, Tuesday 3/29, the class voted on which case we should tackle next. The winner was Ashcroft v. Al-Kidd, which was argued on March 2. We then started a discussion of the Davis case regarding the exclusionary rule. We'll continue our discussion of Davis next class. There's no specific additional assignment (beyond what I had already asked you to read in Davis), but we will eventually be reading the parties' briefs and the oral argument in Ashcroft, so feel free to get started on those.

POS 282--Introduction to American Law
In class today, Tuesday 3/29, I distributed one handout, the Maine Rule of Professional Conduct regarding lawyer advertising. We discussed the Pape case, both as decided in Florida, and how the case would come out under the Maine Rules. We began our discussion of Gonzales v. Raich; we will continue with that case on Thursday. The assignment for Thursday 3/31 is to read through p. 136 of the text.