November 7, 2017

POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
In class today, Tuesday 11/7, we finished our discussion of Lawrence v. Texas. We reviewed the characterization of the right asserted, and then discussed the history, precedent, and conclusion of the Court. After looking at flow chart of strict scrutiny versus rational basis review, we saw how the Court surprisingly did not analyze the case as a fundamental rights case. We also talked about Obergefell v. Hodges as a follow-up to this case. We began our discussion of business ethics by talking about the recent decision of Congress to reject the vote of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau which had outlawed the use by banks of mandatory individual arbitration clauses for the resolution of disputes.
The assignment for Thursday 11/9 is to review Glassford v. BrickKicker (previously assigned) and to do a case brief of that case (not handed in or graded).


POS 383 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
In class today, Tuesday 11/7, I distributed one handout, my version of the outline of Myers v. U.S. We went through that case, at least the majority opinion, and also went through the process of outlining the majority opinion.. We will begin with the two dissenting opinions in Myers on Thursday. Also, I announced to the class my intention to give Assignment #2 on Thursday, an outline of a Court opinion, with a projected due date of 11/21.
The assignment for Thursday 11/9 is to review the dissenting opinions in Myers, and to read and prepare to discuss through p.237 of the text, including Humphrey's Executor v. U.S. and the short discussion of Wiener v. U.S. on p. 237