Wednesday, August 21, 2024

First Amendment Fall 2024 First Week Coverage

 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). The first unit will get us through Monday. We will finish the first unit and cover the second unit on Tuesday and Wednesday:

 -- 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; Read (as a Preview) Stephanie Barclay's article The Religion Clauses After Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (free download here):

-- Engel v. Vitale (Link).;Allegheny County case (link); Stone v Graham, 449 U.S. 39 (1980) (get PDF from Hein on Line); Kennedy case (link); Our class discussion will focus primarily on: the American Legion case p. 1801-1812 and on the Kennedy case and Stone v Graham.  Louisiana just passed a law requiring the 10 Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms. Does the Kennedy case change the outcome of Stone v. Graham?

 
You should also watch the first four First Amendment videos (the first two relate to class 1; three and four relate to class 2 and 3):

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, Tuesday and Wednesday.

 





 

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