POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
In class today, Tuesday 11/5, we first went over Lawrence, covering the structure of the legal analysis, as well as the role of precedent. I then talked about a U.S. Supreme Court decision this June, U.S. v. Windsor, that struck down part of the Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). We went over the applicability of the Equal Protection guaranty to the federal government, and the structure of the legal analysis. We also discussed the case in terms of federalism questions. The assignment for Thursday 11/7 is to read and prepare to discuss through p. 80 of the text (Reardon and Caperton).
POS 484 CRIMINAL DUE PROCESS
In class today, Tuesday 11/5, we first viewed a portion of the video of the Ormsby interrogation. We then went over the Ormsby opinion, and also compared the interrogation methods used with the spirit of the Miranda decision. The class voted to leave the Fifth Amendment behind when we finish this chapter, and to move on to Chapter 12 when we finish Chapter 11. The assignment for Thursday 11/7 is to finish Chapter 11.
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