February 26, 2016

POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
In class today, Friday 2/26, I handed back your Ayotte case briefs, along with my Comment Key. I also distributed my version of the Speelman case brief, and a sheet with hypotheticals regarding Speelman. I gave an in-class sample test in preparation for next Wednesday's exam (3/2). The exam is open-book and open-note. If you are using a laptop or similar device, you may not access the internet or do any searches or anything else that gives you any advantage over those with hard copy text and notes. If you are missing any handouts, notify me by 9:00pm on Tuesday 3/1. We talked about citation form in Speelman, and what the case was about. We will go over the hypotheticals on Monday, as well as discussing whether there is any defense to keep the housing voucher now that Speelman will get a hearing. The assignment for Monday 2/29 is to review Speelman, including today's two Speelman handouts, and to read and prepare to discuss Katko v. Briney (through p. 43 of the text).


POS 484 CRIMINAL DUE PROCESS
In class today, Friday 2/26, I collected the Rodriguez outlines. I hope to grade them this weekend and return them on Monday. I distributed my version of the outline. We went over the outline, especially in the the clash in views between Ginsburg and Thomas. We began our discussion of Safford, trying to discern exactly where the line was between the search that would be reasonable and that which would be unreasonable. We'll discuss some other variations, and Thomas' dissent, on Monday. The assignment for Monday 2/29 is to review Safford, and to read in addition Terry v. Ohio (through p. 497 of the text).