December 6, 2018

POS 384 CIVIL LIBERTIES
In class today, Thursday 12/6, I distributed one handout, the recent U.S. District Court opinion of Jackson Women's Health v. Currier. We started back in on Breyer's opinion in Whole Woman's Health, and went paragraph by paragraph through the opinion. We also looked back at the language of Casey itself, and saw how the Court of Appeals might have come to their (incorrect) understanding of the test that was created by Casey.
The assignment for Tuesday 12/11 is to review Thomas' dissent in Whole Woman's Health, and to read and prepare to discuss today's handout.



POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
In class today, Thursday 12/6, I distributed 2 handouts: an excerpt from the Supreme Court same sex marriage case of Obergefell v. Hodges, and the Supreme Court opinion in V.L. v. E.L. We finished Chapter 3 of the text by going through the Full Faith and Credit case of Finstuen v. Crutcher. We talked about the difference between states having to enforce statutes of other states, versus having to enforce court judgments of other states. We went through how that affects marriage, divorce, and adoption recognition. We went into Chapter 4 of the text, looking at trial courts and their relationship to appellate courts. I talked about the difference between subject matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction. We began our discussion of Cheap Escape v. Haddox, going over the contract language that specified which courts could hear any dispute about the advertising. We will continue with Cheap Escape on Tuesday.
The assignment for Tuesday 12/11 is to review Cheap Escape, read and prepare to discuss today's two handouts, and read in addition in the text through p. 135 (including Swoboda v. Hero Decks).