November 29, 2011

POS 282-Introduction to American Law
In class today, Tuesday 11/29, we began by going over several questions and concepts of the Schroeder case and case brief. We then went back into Choice of Law Rules with the Land case. We finished the personal jurisdiction case of Karstetter. The assignment for Thursday 12/1 is to finish the Schroeder case brief, which is due at the beginning of class on 12/1. Also review the Bohlander personal jurisdiction case which was previously assigned.

POS 359-The Current Supreme Court Term
In class today, Tuesday 11/29, we spent the class period going over the oral argument in MBZ v. Clinton. I also reviewed the Youngstown Sheet and Tube case, (the steel seizure case) regarding the relationship between Congressional and Executive authority. Thursday we will have our own oral argument, building on the Supreme Court's oral argument. Four people in class were designated as advocates, and five as Justices, with teams representing the Executive and Zivitofsky. Then next Tuesday we will convene as the Court Conference, each class member saying how they think the case should be decided, and then voting. The final paper will be based on the classroom oral argument and Conference, as well as the Supreme Court oral argument. That final paper will now be due December 15, one week after the last day of class.