POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
IN class today, Friday 3/22, I distributed two handouts: an excerpt from Bowers v. Hardwick, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act. We went over the Bowers decision, and then the Lawrence decision. We looked at both the level of review (strict scrutiny or not), and the quewtion of morality as a legitimate state interest. We will begin on Monday with a discussion of the two same-sex marriage that will be argued in the Supreme Court next week. The assignment for Monday 3/25 is to read through p. 75 of the text.
POS 384 CIVIL LIBERTIES
IN class today, Friday 3/22,I distributed one handout, the text of the Smith Act. I tried to clarify my views on Holmes' Schenck and Abrams opinions, and we then discussed the Gitlow case, looking at how the majority and Holmes parted company. The assignment for Monday 3/25 is to re-read through the Dennis case (p.222), previously assigned.
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