Current Issues in US Constitutional Law
SLN #: 11671Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 005
Credit Hours: 3
Instructor(s): Bender
Course Books: View List of Books
Course Description:
This is an advanced course that discusses specific important current constitutional issues in depth. The topics each year will be issues that are prominent at the time the course is given. For the spring, 2018, semester topics might include: the constitutionality of politically partisan gerrymandering, the constitutionality of a Muslim travel ban, whether transgender people can constitutionally be excluded from the U.S. military, how the Emoluments Clause applies to the President, constitutional limits on the President’s power to pardon, whether anti-discrimination protections for gays violate religious liberty, etc.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 3
Grading Option: Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Flexible/Upper-Level Writing Requirement: No
Skills Requirement: No
Simulation Course: No
Experiential Learning: No
Seminar: No
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Final Exam Given: Yes
Final Exam Type: In-Class - Completely Secure
Attendance Policy: Per Statement Of Student Policies
Additional Attendance Policy: Attendance and class participation required
* The law school has a policy that is used to calculate credit hours. Please see the Statement of Student Policies.