POS 282--Introduction to American Law
In class today, Thursday 9/1, I distributed one handout, 21-A MRS §112 (available from the Maine legislature website http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/
We finished going over the assigned case of Mills v. Wyman. We went over many legal concepts, including: common law as opposed to enacted law (constitution, statutes, ordinances and regulations); mandatory authority v. persuasive authority; distinguishing, following, extending, overrruling and reversing prior cases; citation format for both caselaw and statutes; and updating law through shepards and keyciting. I went over a Maine 1904 case that discussed Mills v. Wyman, Inhabitants of Freeman v. Dodge. Finally we talked about today's newspaper article regarding voter registration requirements, and the Republican challenge to student voting. The assignment for Tuesday 9/6 is to read the statutory handout, and to read pp. 1-28 of the textbook.
POS 359--The Current Supreme Court Term
In class today, Thursday 9/1, we first finished discussing the two 2008 Medellin v. Texas cases, and the talked about this summer's Leal Garcia v. Texas case. I showed a short clip of a Clarence Thomas speech before the Heritage Society, and we began our discussion the the Toobin article about Thomas. We will continue with that discussion next Tuesday, as well as beginning a discussion of the Burns book. The assignment for Tuesday 9/6 is to read the first three chapter of the Burns book, Packing The Court, pp. 1-62.
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