April 19, 2012

POS 282--Introduction to American Law
In class today, Thursday 4/19, I first reminded the class that our exam on Tuesday 5/1 will be from 8:45-10:00 (instead of 8:00 - 10:00). I went back to the case at the end of Chapter 3 of the text, Finstuen, and contrasted that case with a case from the 5th Circuit, Adair v. Smith, 639 F.3d 146 (5th Cir., 2011). We also reviewed federal court organization, as well as Maine state court organization. We began, but did not finish with, the Cheap Escape case on p. 126. The assignment for Tuesday 4/24 is to review Cheap Escape and Robey (previously assigned) and to read in addition through p. 142 of the text.

POS 359--The Current Supreme Court Term
In class today, Thursday 4/19, the class first did evaluations. Then we spent the rest of the class going through the use of Lexis as a legal research tool The assignment for Tuesday 4/24 is to work on your ACA opinion, previously assigned, due Wednesday 2nd.