POS 282--Introduction to American Law
In class today, Thursday 2/2, I distributed two handouts: an excerpt from a magazine article that discussed the failure of our Bill of Rights to commit to justice rather than fairness, and my own version of the Smith brief. I discussed two U.S. Supreme Court cases regarding the liberty interest in preserving your good name, Wisconsin v. Constantineau and Paul v. Davis. We got through the issue of whether there is a protected liberty interest here, and began the issue of exactly what process is due, and what was missing. We will finish our discussion of Smith next Tuesday. The additional assignment for Tuesday 2/7 is to read through p. 41 of the text, and to write out a case brief, (not handed in) of Katko v.Briney.
POS 359--The Current Supreme Court Term
In class today, Thursday 2/2, I collected the Hosanna-Tabor papers, and I intend to return them next Tuesday. Also on Tuesday I will continue talking about the Jones GPS case, which leaves the class with no homework assigned. Enjoy the weekend.
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