September 20, 2011

POS 282--Introduction to American Law
In class today, Tuesday 9/20, we first finished up our discussion of the Parade ordinances by going over the Augusta fix for the problems identified in the Sullivan case, and then we went over the money charges in both the Dearborn and Augusta ordinances. We also went over the Bangor ordinance, which is far more friendly to the idea of marches. We then started with the Katko brief that I asked you to write out for today. We got as far as the Prior Proceedings in the case . We will pick up with the Present Proceedings on Thursday. The homework for Thursday 9/22 is to simply review your brief that you wrote out, or, if you didn't write one out, to do do.

POS 359--The Current Supreme Court Term
In class today, Tuesday 9/20, we first discussed last year's Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project case, and how it might apply to the Iranian President's current visit to America. We then talked about habeus corpus, discussing the case of Troy Davis, and then two Supreme Court arguments for October 4, Maples v. Thomas and Martinez v. Ryan. The assignment for Thursday September 22 is to read Chapters 10 and 11 of Burns. As you read, ask yourself what system of Constitutional enforcement he would like to see in place, and how would such a system work.