January 23, 2013

POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
In class today, Wednesday 1/23, we finished our discussion of Mills v. Wyman. We looked at the statutory argument made by Mills, and also at the way in which the elements of that argument would guide a client interview, deposition, or court testimony. At the end of the day, the class took a sample test, as an illustration of the kinds of questions that you might expect on our exams, and of what you should be getting out of our study of cases. The assignment for Friday 1/25 is continue work on the previously assigned case brief of Video Software Dealers Assoc.

POS 384 Civil Liberties
In class today, Wednesday 1/23, the class took a sample test, as an illustration of the kinds of questions that you might expect on our exams, and of what you should be getting out of our study of cases. We then continued with our discussion of the Lee case, looking at how its structure of the constitutional argument mirrored that of the RFRA in Kortes. We also looked at the question of how the "sincerity" test for religion leaves some room for problematic assertions of faith-based claims. The assignment for Friday 1/25 is reread the Lee case, focusing on the ways in which it may or may not serve as precedent for Kortes, and also review the previously assigned portion of the text.