General Course Descriptions for Terms: pre-trial
849 - Pre-Trial Advocacy
940 - Race, Racism, and the Law
Topics covered in Race, Racism & the Law are: -What is Race? Race the Power of an Illusion; Notes on the State of Virginia; Dred Scott v. Sanford. -Not Just Black People: Racism with Native, Chinese, Japanese and Mexicans Johnson & Graham’s Lessee v. McIntosh; Cherokee Nation v. Georgia. -Worcester v. Georgia; Indian Citizenship Act of 1924; ;Tee-Hit-Ton v. United States; Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe; The “Chinese” Problem – People v. Hall; Japanese – Korematsu v. United States; Mexicans – Campaign of Terror, “Zoot Suit Riots”; Tennessee v. Garner; Graham v. Connor; Qualified Immunity: Estate of Smart by Smart v. City of Wichita,. -Black Lives Matter Protest: A Legal Review of Deadly Force; Estate of Harmon v. Salt Lake City. -Qualified Immunity. Review the 13th Amendment; Kalief Browder, Netflix; Meek Mills, Netflix) -Racism and the Criminal Justice System. War on Drugs: Federal Drug Laws and the Impact on Minority Communities; Brief Overview of Certain Aspects of the Criminal Justice System; Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System; Operation Pipeline; Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Program; Military Cooperation with Law Enforcement Act; Reagan’s National Security Decision Directive; 4th Amendment Rules; Florida v. Bostick; Ohio v. Robinette: Subjective and Reasonableness; Mandatory Minimums: the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986; Kimbrough v. United States; Harmelin v. Michigan. -Eighth Amendment—Excessive Bail; Wis. Stat. 969.01(1) and (4); Kalief Browder: Pre-Trial Detention; Prosecutorial Discretion: The Case of William Arnold Jr.; Probation and Parole: Discussion of Meek Mills: Probation and The Courts; Truth in Sentencing: Wis. Act 283; Review Shelly v. Kraemer, Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. -Voting Rights and The Battle for Democratic Voice; Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot; Democratic National Committee v. Wisconsin Republican Legislature; Merrill v. People First of Alabama; Republican Party of Pennsylvania v. Kathy Boockvar, Secretary of Pennsylvania; 15th Amendment; 19th Amendment; Reconstruction Act of 1867; Radical Reconstruction 1867 to 1877; Post Reconstruction Efforts to Limit Voting; Guinn v. United States; 1965 Alabama Literacy Test; Poll Tax: Breedlove v. Suttles; Harper v. Virginia Board of Election, Gomillion v. Lightfoot; Voting Rights Act of 1965; Gatson County v. United States; Shelby County Alabama v. Holder. -Voting Rights Continued: Gerrymandering and Felony Disenfranchisement. Florida Question: Does requiring individuals to pay off all remaining fees before being considered a rehabilitated felon a modern day poll tax? Gerrymandering: Vieth v. Jubelier; Gill v. Whitford; Both Democratic and Republican led states have abused their power. -Immigration: United States v. Wong Kim Ark; Graham v. Department of Pub. Welfare; Plyler v. Doe; INS v. Lopez-Mendoza; Hamdan v. Rumsfeld; Padilla v. Kentucky; Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of University of California. Evicted by Matthew Desmond; The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein -Racism in Housing: From Restrictive Covenants to Renting; 14th Amendment Plessy v. Ferguson; National Housing Act of 1934; The Color of Law, Richard Rothstein; What is De Jure Racial Segregation? Buchanan v. Warley; Shelly v. Kramer; Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co; Fair Housing Act of 1968; Limiting of Damages by the Court. -Racism in Schools: The Struggle for Equal Education; Cumming v. Richard County Board of Education; Meyer v. Nebraska; Brown v. Board of Education; Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1; Miranda in Schools.