Note: As each class is a double session (the equivalent of two classes), two units will be covered in each class.
• All assigned readings are posted on BB including textbook pages (to give students a few weeks more time to obtain textbook)
• I have included short video clips to watch which also explain the lessons. These are optional but students have found these helpful in explaining and summarizing some of the main points in the readings.
• WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS FOR UNITS 2A AND 2B: Submit your assignments for both Units 2A and 2B together to BB by Saturday 9/12 at 7:30am to BB on Assessments/Assignments. Assignments submitted after that will be marked “late” in the system. Assignments submitted 48 hours after due date and time will not be accepted.
• Written submissions must be in Microsoft Word, 1.5 spacing, 12 font.
Indicate Unit and Question number that you are answering.
READ:
Powers of Judiciary BB
Hall (Textbook)* Courts: pp 79-81 (Section 1.4); pp. 102-106 (Section 3.6) (include Sierra Club case) Judicial review: pp 20-32 (mid page- omit shaded case on p 32); summary pp 47-48;
Judicial Review BB
WATCH: (Optional)
Legal System Basics: Crash Course Government and Politics #18 (PBS) beginning to 5:14
Judicial Review: Crash Course Government and Politics #21 (PBS)
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT:
(1) Define briefly (one sentence) each of the following terms and give an example of each:
original jurisdiction
appellate jurisdiction
personal jurisdiction
subject matter jurisdiction
certiori
ripeness
mootness
standing
(2) CASE BRIEF: On a separate page, using the CASE BRIEF TEMPLATE on BB in Course Materials, brief the Supreme Court decision of Marbury v Madison(1803)
Unit 3B: Due Process
READ:
Right to Due Process BB
Due Process Today BB
Hall (Textbook)* p. 405 BB
WATCH: (Optional)
Due Process – YouTube April 18, 2017 2:33 Legal You
What is substantive due process L18S3 – YouTube July 18, 2018 4:32 Center for Civil Education
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT:
(1) Define briefly (one sentence) each of the following terms and give an example of each:
Procedural due process
Substantive due process
(2) In January 2019, Jussie Smollett claimed that he was the victim of a hate crime in Chicago. He was later accused of a hoax. He claimed that he was being denied due process.
Look up the terms “Smollett due process” on the Internet and read about this matter.
In one brief paragraph, indicate whether you think Smollett’s understanding of due process is correct. Is he talking about due process in the legal system or due process of public opinion? Explain whether or not you think he was being denied due process and why.
*These pages on BB for those who have not yet obtained the textbook
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