February 24, 2016

POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
In class today, Wednesday 2/24, I distributed two handouts: my version of the Lawrence v. Texas case brief, and my version of the Ayotte v. State case brief. I collected the Ayotte papers, and we went over the case brief. I hope to have them graded by Friday. I also hope to have an in-class sample test on Friday, in preparation for our exam on Wednesday 3/2. The assignment for Friday 2/26 is to review the Speelman case (previously assigned) and to do a case brief of the case (for yourself, not handed in or graded).


POS 484 CRIMINAL DUE PROCESS
In class today, Wednesday 2/24, I first clarified that I wasn't particular about whether the format when there are outline sub-elements (A,B) followed by further breakdown (1,2) was question/answer, versus question and answer/question and answer, or variants thereof. (What could be more clarified than that?) We then moved on to Arizona v. Gant. We looked at how Stevens, Scalia, Breyer and Alito each viewed the rule in Belton. We talked about what the Roman numerals might be in an outline of Gant. I also talked about the dangers of a vigorous dissent becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. The assignment for Friday 2/26 is to finish up your Rodriguez outlines (due at the beginning of class) and to read and prepare to discuss through p. 492 of the text (Safford).