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Court Case on Deportation as Punishment

Listen to the 2 minute segment from NPR on a Supreme Court ruling over deportation as punishment. Be prepared to discuss on Thursday.

http://www.npr.org/2013/04/23/178651009/justices-say-u-s-improperly-deported-man-over-marijuana

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9/11 and Presidential Power

Read this article before we watch a video on the expansion of presidential power at the hands of [primarily] vice president Dick Cheney.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/17/opinion/17yoo.html

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Chicago Style Citations

See this link for citing sources.

http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html

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Current Affirmative Action Article

Here is a New York Times article on affirmative action that shows opinions and trends on the topic today. If you can't access the full text of the article then look it up on the Redwood database with the RHS account.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/education/in-california-diversity-in-college-starts-earlier.html?hp&_r=0

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Frontline Episode: Cheney's Law

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/cheney/view/?utm_campaign=viewpage&utm_medium=grid&utm_source=grid

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On the Issues

Use this website to find politician and presidential candidate positions on the issues. Search terms like "Nixon on immigration".

http://www.ontheissues.org/default.htm

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The Legacy of the Warren Court

We read this article in class on 5/6. It is an interesting description and commentary on a 20 year period of Supreme Court decisions that were particularly "activist". These decisions illustrate the antithesis of Scalia's judicial philosophy.

http://www.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,840195,00.html

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Court Case on Deportation as Punishment

9/11 and Presidential Power

Chicago Style Citations

Current Affirmative Action Article

Frontline Episode: Cheney's Law

On the Issues

The Legacy of the Warren Court