Friday, April 26, 2013

April 26, 2013

POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
In class today, Friday 4/26, we began by going over the Robey case. I then discussed two additional cases regarding personal jurisdiction, Attaway v. Omega, and McIntyre v. Nicastro. The assignment for Monday 4/29 is to read Kopp and Gebbia cases, through p. 143 of the text.

POS 384 CIVIL LIBERTIES
In class today, Friday 4/26, I collected the Assignment #2 papers, and we went over them. I distributed two handouts, my own version of that assignment,and a letter to the editor regarding filming people coming into Planned Parenthood. The assignment for Monday 4/29 is to read Loving v. Virginia,and the discussion of Palmore v. Sidoti that follows Loving, pp. 639-642 of the text. We'll discuss these in relation to the current same-sex marriage cases before the Supreme Court, Hollingsworth v. Perry and Windsor v. U.S.

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