FRIDAY CLASS
LEARNING TARGET: Are there instances where a law which is "unconstitutional" on its face can become "constitutional", in light of shifting public policies (and vice versa)?
**** Deadline for turning in journals, with Moot Court activities 3 and 4, plus the study guide to "Race Matters" is TODAY
* current events: abortion statute in Idaho struck down -- news-clip & discussion
* BROWN reversed PLESSY; but did BROWN specifically overrule PLESSY? -- discussion
* DEFINING FEDERALISM and discussion of unitary, confederate and federal systems of government
* discussion: How was the landscape on issues of discrimination altered by the BROWN decision? (civil rights case study)
HOMEWORK: rough drafts of the appellate brief and the student briefs (typed) due by MARCH 21 (sample appellate brief is available on the course MOODLE website). BRING LAPTOPS NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR TWO DAYS OF TEAM WORK ON THE ROUGH DRAFT OF THE APPEALS BRIEFS.
**** Deadline for turning in journals, with Moot Court activities 3 and 4, plus the study guide to "Race Matters" is TODAY
* current events: abortion statute in Idaho struck down -- news-clip & discussion
* BROWN reversed PLESSY; but did BROWN specifically overrule PLESSY? -- discussion
* DEFINING FEDERALISM and discussion of unitary, confederate and federal systems of government
* discussion: How was the landscape on issues of discrimination altered by the BROWN decision? (civil rights case study)
HOMEWORK: rough drafts of the appellate brief and the student briefs (typed) due by MARCH 21 (sample appellate brief is available on the course MOODLE website). BRING LAPTOPS NEXT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR TWO DAYS OF TEAM WORK ON THE ROUGH DRAFT OF THE APPEALS BRIEFS.