S. Peters – SS 3660 (as of April 7
2008)
Constitutional Law –
Revised Schedule Part III (April
7-April 25th (end of term))
The
final section of this class will be your oral arguments and judging. You have
been assigned an argument and a position. You have also been assigned to
judging Panels as set out below:
Revised
Judging Panels:
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Panel
I (Judging
Wyeth 4/15 and Kennedy 4/22) |
Panel
II (Judging Heller 4/10 and |
Panel
III (Judging Newdow
4/15 and Parker 4/22) |
Panel
IV(Judging Crawford 4/10 and Amidon 4/17) |
|
Roberts |
Tim
W |
Abby
V |
Dan
V. |
Charles
T |
|
Stevens |
Andrew
J |
Mary
K |
Angela
T |
Gabriel
G |
|
Scalia |
Andrew
A. |
Brandon
P* (4/10 only) Kelly
C (4/17 only) |
Jacob
M. |
Josh
L |
|
Kennedy |
Joe
F. |
X
(Lauren W.4/10 only) |
Kim
W |
Ben
D. |
|
Souter |
Jim
S. |
Sean
M (4/17 only) |
Melissa
K |
X
(Kelley C -4/17 only) |
|
Thomas |
Aaron
L. |
Steven
W |
Shahrzad R. |
Kyle
Van H |
|
Ginsburg |
Lauren
W. |
Joe
W 4/17 only) |
Amanda
B |
Tiffany
M |
|
Breyer |
Nick
P. |
Michael
N |
Andrew
H. |
Brandon
P (4/10 only) |
|
Alito |
Amy
S. |
X Autumn
C (4/17 only) |
X(Sean
M, 4/15 only) Autumn
C (4/22 only) |
Carl
D |
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Oral Argument and Judging Schedule:
Tues April 8 No Class: group meetings/ schedule meetings with SP
Thurs April 10 Debates/ Presentations : 1& 2
Debate 1: DC v. Heller
Andrew J. Aaron L. v.. Amy S, Nick P.
Judging
by Panel II (eg teams 3+4)
Debate 2: Crawford v.
Tim W.,Joe F, , Andrew A.. v. , Lauren W.. James S.
Judging
by Panel IV (e.g. teams 7+8)
Due: Assn 7 – Brief of Lower Court Opinion in Case you are arguing. (Follow briefing instructions from the Handout 1 “Tips on briefing a case” – on course website under handouts. Please choose one Brief from each side to submit to the “court” Print out and bring to class 10 – ten copies of that Brief (9 for the court + plus one for me). In cases where your side has lost in the lower court or court of appeals, attention to the dissent or evaluation of the majority will be key to showing the court how this case ‘should’ have been decided.
Tues April 15: Debates 3 & 4
Due Assn 8:
Summary of your arguments for your client (e.g. a case analysis of the
Key issues involved in your case written persuasively for your side)
3.
Wyeth v. Levine (drug labeling pre-emption/commerce
clause)—
Joe W, Michael N, Abby V, Sean M.
Judging by Panel I (teams 1+2)
4.
Autumn C, Kelly C, Steven W, Mary K
Judging
by Panel III (teams 5+6)
Thurs April 17 Debates/Presentations (5 & 6)
5.
Angela T., Dan V. V. Amanda B and Melissa K
Judging
by Panel II (teams
3+4)
6.:
Amidon
(allocation of student funds)
.,Jacob M., Andrew H. v. Shahrzad R Kim W.
Judging
by Panel IV (teams 7+8)
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Tues April 22
7.-: Parker v. Hurley -Diversity Book Bag
Brandon P., Josh L., v. Ben D., Kyle V.
Judging by Panel III (teams 5+6)
8. Kennedy v.
Tiffany M, Charles T v. Carl D, Gabriel G,
Judging by: Panel I (teams 1+2)
Thurs April 24 Wrap Up as needed or no class…
Due Assn 9: Judicial Opinion: The class period after judging you must submit one Judicial Opinion for one of the cases you judged. For this assignment you will:
a) Write
a draft opinion setting out how you (as yourself) would handle/rule in the
matter before you – what arguments were persuasive, what arguments did not sway
you. I do not expect you to do more
research on the case other than read the case briefs submitted by each
party. This opinion should be between 1
and 3 pages (double spaced)
b) Draft a short biography (approx one page) about the justice you represent, it should include the obvious pertinent information as well as some analysis of his or her judicial philosophy. Please cite your sources.
c) Describe, as well as you can how the justice you were assigned would handle this case and why you think this. If you feel there is no way to reasonably predict his or her stance on this matter explain why as well.
Note:
There will not be a final exam in this class during exam week.