POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
In class today, Friday 4/5, we first talked a little about the Davis brief due next Friday. I then went over a recent decision of the Maine Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of our state Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, John Doe v. Williams. We went over both the majority opinion, and the dissenting opinion. We discussed the ex post facto part of the opinion, as well as touching on the substantive due process argument. The assignment for Monday 4/8 is review Butler (previously assigned) and read p. 112-114 of the text.
POS 384 CIVIL LIBERTIES
In class today, Friday 4/5, we started with a review of the video of the provocative words of the Oregon adjunct law professor. We analyzed his actions both in terms of "fighting words" and the Cohen discussion of intent to provoke. We then finished our discussion of Cohen, both the majority and dissenting opinions. We looked at the three cases that preceded the Hill case. The assignment for Monday 4/8 is review (once again) Hill v. Colorado, paying particular attention to the structure of both the majority and dissenting opinions.
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