Week of September 21 thru September 25: Assignments and Zoom Schedule

 Class Video Links:

Video 11

 https://unl.box.com/s/i3oqqs14lnxmqwzlchkniarfyy2spdhi

Video 12

 https://unl.box.com/s/6rhfnlpen7c9f6cnckir2ydx4bqw8nf9

 Zoom schedule:

 Wednesday September 23 @ 5 PM (video 11) (7. Casebook p. 103-137) 

 

 Thursday September 24 @ 5 PM (video 12) (8.Casebook p. 137-149;  Wickard (link) )

 

I have decided to go with the alphabetical on call heads up.

 For Wednesday those with a last name beginning with an R or S will be up.

For Thursday those with T thru Z are up.

Justice Ginsburg

 For Wednesday's Zoom session, let's spend the first 30 minutes talking about the incredible legacy of Justice Ginsburg and the SCOTUS vacancy created by her death yesterday. If you would like to watch a great movie version of her legacy, here is a suggestion (available on DVD and on Showtime). On the Basis of Sex:

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Ben Sasse Says "Repeal the 17th Amendment."

 "Repeal the 17th Amendment. Ratified in 1912, it replaced the appointment of senators by state legislatures with direct election. Different states bring different solutions to the table, and that ought to be reflected in the Senate's national debate. The old saying used to be that all politics is local, but today -- thanks to the internet, 24/7 cable news and a cottage industry dedicated to political addiction -- politics is polarized and national. That would change if state legislatures had direct control over who serves in the Senate."

 

What are your thoughts?

Week of September 14 thru September 18: Assignments and Zoom Schedule

 

We will have only one zoom session this week, on Thursday September 17 at 5 to 6 PM.

Video 10

 

https://unl.box.com/s/340pt2y03rgcz7rrujpfzkgjbmwfj0cd

 

 

Zoom schedule:

Thursday September 10 @ 5 PM (video 10) (assignment number 6):

 6 Federalism, Electoral Votes, Equal Representation in the Senate and The Seventeenth Amendment: Read Suzanna Sherry, Our Unconstitutional Senate, 12 Constitutional Commentary 213-215 (1995) [available to print out at Hein Online]; Zywickie-Somin Debate on Repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment (link);Duncan, Electoral  Votes, the Senate, and Article V: How the Architecture of the  Constitution Promotes Federalism and Government by Consensus (link); Chiafalo v. Washington (Justice Kagan's majority opinion only) Link

 

 I have decided to go with the alphabetical on call heads up.

For this week's class those with a last name beginning with a R or S will be up.

Con Con of 2020

Okay. I would like you all think about what you would do if you were a delegate from California or New York or Wyoming or South Dakota or Nebraska at the Constitutional Convention of 2020.

Our existing Constitution is about to expire and the 50 states will no longer be part of the Nation unless we can create a new Constitution that all states will be able to ratify.

What would you ask for and what would you be willing to accept in terms of the political structure of the New  Constitution? House, Senate, President, Courts?

What do you want?

What would you be willing to accept to get a deal done? But remember, you have to take the deal back to your state for ratification. And all 50 states must ratify if we are to put the Nation back together.

Election Maps

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