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Michael D. Ramsey Professor of Law, University of San Diego Law School |
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Constitutional Law I Spring 2024 Course Webpage |
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COURSE OVERVIEW
Class Meetings: Monday & Wednesday, 5:30 pm to 7:20 pm
Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday, 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm and 7:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Textbook: The required text is Gregory Maggs & Peter Smith, Constitutional Law: A Contemporary Approach (6th ed., West 2023). Note: earlier editions are not acceptable substitutes.
There will be supplemental readings available for download from this website.
INFORMATION REGARDING THE COURSE
This space will be used for announcements regarding class cancellations, make-ups, optional events of interest, and other updates regarding the course and the course schedule.
I anticipate that Writing Assignment No. 1 will be assigned on Wednesday, 2/7, and will be due at 12 pm on Monday, 2/12. The syllabus, readings for the first unit of the course, and assignment for the first class meeting are available below. This class will be recorded. Recordings will be available to enrolled students via Panopto. I do not vouch for the quality or usefulness of these recordings and they are not a substitute for attending class. Only students in this course are authorized to view or listen to the recordings. The recordings are only for personal use in connection with this course. Do not show them to others, post them on the internet or otherwise distribute or provide access to them or any part of them. The recordings will be automatically deleted from Panopto after the final exam and you should not attempt to retain them or any part of them.
COURSE ASSIGNMENTS
This space will be used to post assignments for each class meeting; these assignments will also be announced in class. The Reading List for Unit 1 (Separation of Powers) is available below.
Assignment for Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Reading List Part V.A, B & C (standing), focus on Lujan and the Massachusetts v. EPA case in the supplemental reading (available below)
Assignment for Monday, February 5, 2024
Reading List Part IV, focus on Marbury v. Madison
Assignment for Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Reading List Part III.F & G, focus on Morrison v. Olson and Seila Law v. CFPB. We will also consider Myers and Humphreys from the previous assignment.
Assignment for Monday, January 29, 2024
Reading List Part III.C, D & E, focus on Lucia, Bowsher, Myers and Humphreys Executor Re-read Article II, Section 2 relating to appointments
Assignment for Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Reading List Part III.A & B, focus on Whitman and Chadha, plus Justice Gorsuch’s dissent in Gundy (in the supplement available below)
Assignment for Monday, January 22, 2024
Reading List Part II.G (Trump v. Hawaii) Reading List Part II.H & I, focus on U.S. v. Nixon, Nixon v. Fitzgerald, and Clinton v. Jones Reading List Part II.J (summary and review)
Supplemental Reading #3 (Reading List Part II.G, excerpting the Trump v. Hawaii case) is available below.
Assignment for Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Reading List Part II.D, E & F, focus on Dames & Moore, Zivotofsky and Hamdi. Consider how these cases should be analyzed under the frameworks developed by the different Justices in Youngstown.
Supplemental Reading #2 (Reading List Part II.D, excerpting the Zivotofsky case) is available below.
No Class Monday, January 15, 2024 (King holiday)
Assignment for Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Reading List Part II.A, B & C, focus on Youngstown Sheet & Tube v. Sawyer (the Steel Seizure Case), opinions of Black, Frankfurter, Jackson and Vinson.
Supplemental Reading #1 (Reading List Part II.B) is available below.
Assignment for Monday, January 8, 2024
Available below
COURSE DOWNLOADS
Assignment for first class meeting (Jan. 8, 2024) Reading List -- Unit 1 (separation of powers)
Supplemental Reading #1: Historical Introduction to Executive Power (for 1/10) Supplemental Reading #2: Zivotofsky v. Kerry (excerpts) (for 1/17) Supplemental Reading #3: Trump v. Hawaii (excerpts) (for 1/22) Supplemental Reading #4: Gundy v. United States (Gorsuch dissent) (excerpts) (for 1/24) Supplemental Reading #5: Massachusetts v. EPA and Clapper v. Amnesty International (for 2/7) |