April 24, 2013

POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
IN class today, Wednesday 4/24, the class first did evaluations. We then went over the handout from last class, the Maine subject-matter jurisdiction statutes. We turned to personal jurisdiction, covering general assertions of personal jurisdiction, and specific assertions of personal jurisdiction. We began our discussion of Robey, getting up to the issue of whether the Kentucky court could assert specific personal jurisdiction over the out-of-state seller. We will pick up at that point on Friday. The assignment for Friday 4/26 is to review Robey, previously assigned.

POS 384 CIVIL LIBERTIES
IN class today, Wednesday 4/24, the class first did evaluations. I clarified some questions about Assignment #2, and emphasized that the assignment is solely focused on content-neutrality, and students should avoid drifting into other issues that the Court discussed in those cases. We then went over all of the Morse v. Frederick opinions. The assignment for Friday 4/26 is finish Assignment #2, due at the beginning of class on Friday.