Wednesday, May 31, 2023

First Amendment Fall 2021 First Two Classes

 Welcome to the First Amendment course, a course that examines the First Amendment in quite a bit of depth.

For our first two classes of First Amendment, please read the assignment noted below (Casebook: Varat, Amar & Caminker Constitutional Law (16th Edition)(Foundation Press 2021). This is the same book I assigned for all my Con Law courses):

 -- Skim (just skim) this: Duncan article, Just Another Brick in the Wall: The Establishment Clause as a Heckler's Veto, available here (free download) :  Dreisbach  article; Casebook p. 1763-1779

--  Engel v. Vitale (Link).;Allegheny County case (link); Kennedy case (link); Our class discussion will focus primarily on: the American Legion case p. 1801-1812 and on the Kennedy case

 
You should also watch the first four First Amendment videos:

Video Number One 

Video Number Two 

Video Number Three 

Video Number Four

 Students have told me that they find this recorded sessions very helpful. We will discuss these issues in class on Monday and Tuesday.

 





 

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