Monday, March 23, 2015

Monday, March 30

If anyone is interested in seeing the first of this year's World Affairs Council of Oregon International Speaker Series (Peter Singer​, "The Future of War," Monday, March 30, 7pm, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall), just let me know.  I can get free tickets.

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Judiciary lecture notes

I'm sorry I wasn't in class today - I've been absolutely floored by the flu.  I got an email from a student in 5th period asking about some of the concepts.  Unfortunately, my brain is too fried to answer her questions intelligently.  So instead, here are some lecture notes for you to supplement your knowledge with:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z770EeKCb9B4jrF5dwAZATVAKs5--vmGUlHKVkiTmNs/pub


Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Supreme Court cases you should already know

Marbury v. Madison
Brown v. Board (of Education of Topeka, Kansas)
US v. Lopez
Gibbons v. Ogden
McCullough v. Maryland
New York Times v. US
Citizens United v. FEC
Roe v. Wade
US v. Nixon
Nixon v. US
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
Tinker v. Des Moines
Bush v. Gore
Plessy v. Ferguson
Baker v. Carr
Lawrence v. Texas
Buckley v. Valeo
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby
Shelby County v. Holder
Dred Scott v. Sanford