LEGAL 397N Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Moral High Ground, Precedent, Political Symbolism
21 Feb 2017
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Next response paper due tuesday, february 28th: choose a very specific policy (selecting final paper topic: ex. ) Midterm is coming up 3 short answers and one essay question. Mobilization by putting it on the front page, mobilize increased legal consciousness. Going through more traditional means is more set in stone; more protection. If you lose your case, you"re screwed aligned another force against yourself; made a precedent against yourself harder to create policy change. Congress can respond to cases fast vs. supreme court takes 3-4 years (assuming they take the case: moral high ground in the courts contemporary necessity and practicalities, think through these things for your paper (and yourself) Scotus (supreme court: ~60 cases decided (per year, when the decision comes down, the precedent governs just that specific region (ex. You"re on your own after making a decision, you"re done. Possibility that your decision will get reviewed by someone else. Individual decisions can be reviewed by a principle.
