For next three (also the last three) classes, please read the following:
Dec. 21:
IV. FEDERAL EXECUTIVE POWER
A. Appointment and Removal: p. 195 to 208
B. Immunity
C. Executive Privilege: p.208 to 217
D. Pardons
1) US Govt Info, About President's Power to Pardon (Part I)
2) US Govt Info, About President's Power to Pardon (Part II),
E. President as Commander in Chief
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander-in-Chief#United_States
F. Veto: http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RS22188.pdf
V. DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL POWERS:SEPARATION OF POWERS
A. Presidential Action affecting Congressional Powers: p. 157 to 162
1. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
2. Dames v. Moore v. Regan
Dec. 28:
B. Congressional Action affecting Presidential Powers
1. Line Item Veto: p. 185 to 195
2. Delegation of Rule-making Powers: p. 180 to 184
a. Yakus v. U.S., 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
b. Whitman v. American Trucking Assn's, Inc., 531 U.S. 457 (2001)
c. Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
d. United States v. Mead, 533 U.S. 218 (2001)
Explicit Gap: Interpretation valid unless arbitrary, capricious, or manifestly contrary to the statute.
Implicit Gap: Interpretation valid if reasonable.
C. Foreign Affairs and War Powers: p. 162 to 172
Jan. 5:
VI. STATE POWERS TO REGULATE
A. Preemption: p. 221 to 222
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preemption_(law)
B. Dormant Commerce Clause / Privilege and Immunity Clause: p. 276 to 281
1. United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden, 465 U.S. 208 (1984):
2. Lunding v. New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal, 522 U.S. 287 (1998)
3. Hillside Dairy, Inc. v. Lyons, 539 U.S. 59 (2003)
C. State Taxation of Interstate Commerce: p. 282 to 291
D. Full Faith and Credit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_Faith_and_Credit_Clause
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