Perpetuating The Delusion

Friday, September 14, 2007

Perpetuating the Delusion
Current mood: amused
Category: School, College, Greek

 

So I’m in this Current Problems in Constitutional Law class, and the big assignment is to write a legal brief arguing a case that is on the Supreme Court’s current docket. The teacher gave us a list of cases from which we were to choose.

 

I chose KENTUCKY DEPT. OF REVENUE v. DAVIS, which is a controversy over the so-called “Dormant Commerce Clause.” Here’s the background on the case from the Court of Appeals of Kentucky:

Wickard v. Filburn: The Bane Of My Existence

Monday, November 20, 2006

Wickard v. Filburn: The Bane Of My Existence
Current mood: drained
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers

I had to do this assignment on the Interstate Commerce Clause for my Constitutional Law class. This is what I posted. The stuff in italics is from the assignment page, included for your convenience.

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A federal court inclined to uphold a statute based on the commerce power would resort to the standard set forth in WICKARD v. FILBURN, as did the court in RAICH v. GONZALES, which easily justifies even the most whimsical and Kafkaesque of Congressional intrusions into any citizen’s daily reality. Under the WICKARD standard, I couldn’t make a peanut-butter and jelly sandwich that was beyond the reach of Congress.

A Hell Of A Time To Study Constitutional Law

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

A Hell Of A Time To Study Constitutional Law
Current mood: excited
Category: Goals, Plans, Hopes

Countdown to class: T minus two days, and counting.

I had a goal this summer to read the Constitutional Convention Debates and The Federalist Papers in order to prepare for class, but that didn’t happen. I’ve established that I won’t do a damn thing unless there is a deadline–and consequenses for failure.

This will surely be the most exciting semester of my schooling. Constitutional Law and Criminal Law are the two areas I’d like to focus on the most in the future, and it’s clear from any casual perusal of recent headlines that this is a hell of a time to be studying Constitutional Law: