April 11, 2019

POS 282 INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LAW
In class today, Thursday 4/11, I collected the Pagnani case briefs. I plan to grade them this weekend and to return them on Tuesday, as well as to distribute my own version of the Pagnani case brief. We went over the particulars of that case and case brief, concentrating on the three variables of the search incident to an arrest matrix: status of the arrest; timing of the arrest and of the search; and area of the search.
The assignment for Tuesday 4/16 is to review Glassford v. BrickKicker, previously assigned.



POS 359 THE CURRENT SUPREME COURT TERM
In class today, Thursday 4/11, I distributed one handout, an additional excerpt from Gorsuch's opinion in Bucklew. We went over the Bucklew handouts, and discussed in detail how Gorsuch's opinion appears to hollow out the Baze test, while not disturbing its shell.
We then turned to Rucho and partisan gerrymandering. I went over the right of appeal in redistricting cases, as opposed to petitions for cert. We went over the first of the 3 issues presented, standing. I went over Gill v. Whitford from last term, in which the challengers lost for lack of standing. We then went to justiciability. I went over Baker v. Carr, Davis v. Bandemer, and Vieth v. Jubelirer. We discussed the two basic tests of justiciability: commitment to another branch, and manageable standards. We talked about the efficiency gap, and generating thousands of potential maps that adhere to neutral principles of redistricting.
The assignment for Tuesday 4/16 is to continue working on your Rucho papers, due next Thursday. Review the briefs that I distributed on Tuesday, and keep listening to the Rucho oral argument.