September 22, 2016

POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
In class today, Thursday 9/22, I distributed two handouts: my version of the Speelman case brief, and some hypothetical variations of Speelman. I gave the class my planned schedule for the upcoming graded case brief: I plan to assign the brief on Tuesday 9/27, with the assignment due Thursday 10/6. We talked about the relationship between the 5th Amendment due process clause, and the 14th Amendment clause. We then launched into the Speelman case brief. I went over federal statutory citation form, and state court opinion citation form. I discussed injunctive relief, preliminary injunctions, and temporary restraining orders. I also went over the concept of mandatory authority, as contrasted with persuasive authority. We then discussed the hypotheticals down to the end of question one. We will start next Tuesday with how the hearing on the merits might go: whether Speelman had violated the rules, what the notice said, and whether she should in fact lose her voucher. The assignment for Tuesday 9/27 is to read in the text through p. 43 and prepare (for yourself) a case brief of Katko v. Briney.