April 17, 2018

POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
In class today. Tuesday 4/17, I handed back the Corbin case briefs, as well as distributing my Comment Key to the brief. I went over what I was looking for in the case brief, and how a case brief can be useful in evaluating other situations. Then we went over the Dempsey case, and looked at the choices made by the Montana Supreme Court regarding the rules for retroactive application of a new rule. I then went over the four federal cases discussed in Dempsey: Chevron, Harper, Linkletter and Griffith. Finally, we went over the Strunk case, looking at the situation in which there's really no precedent on point for a court to follow.
The assignment for Thursday 4/19 is to read in the text from pp. 113-116 (including Hubbard) and also pp. 144-146 (including Land).


POS 484 CRIMINAL DUE PROCESS
In class today. Tuesday 4/17, we first went over some questions about the assignment. We then went back through Ormsby, discussing both the issues that are part of the assignment, as well as those issues that are not part of the assignment. We began our discussion of Bridges, going over the basic facts of the events of the shooting, the alibi, and the 3 interviews. We will finish our discussion of Bridges, as well as Nightingale, on Thursday.
The assignment for Thursday 4/19 is to finish your Assignment #2 (due at the beginning of class on Thursday). In addition, review Bridges and Nightingale.