Friday, May 5, 2017

May 5, 2017

POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
In class today, Friday 5/5, I first talked about two Supreme Court cases about personal jurisdiction, McIntyre v. Nicastro (British manufacturer) and Walden v. Fiore (Georgia police). We turned back to subject matter jurisdiction. We reviewed the bases of federal court jurisdiction: federal question jurisdiction and diversity jurisdiction. Finally, we went over the diversity case of St. James v. Coinmach.
Exam #2 will be Monday 5/8 from 8:45 - 10:00, open-book and open-note. If you are missing any handouts, be sure to email me by 8:00pm on Sunday with your specific requests.


POS 384 CIVIL LIBERTIES
In class today, Friday 5/5, I distributed one handout, a set of short articles about Trump's executive order regarding enforcement of the Johnson amendment. We then had our debate about three views of how Locke v. Davey should impact the current Trinity Lutheran case: follow Locke, distinguish Locke, or overrule Locke.
Exam #2 will be Monday 5/8 from 1:30 - 2:45, open-book and open-note. If you are missing any handouts, be sure to email me by 8:00pm on Sunday with your specific requests.

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