Court Cases for my 2302's to Chew On

For my Summer 2 GOVT 2302 class: Here's a list of the court cases from the recently completed session of the U.S. Supreme Court. Pick on for your writting assignment due August 7th.

One per customer, first come first served. Cases with X's have been selected.

x-Carey v. Musladin
x-Purcell v. Gonzalez
x-Philip Morris USA v. Williams
x-Wallace v. Kato
x-Whorton v. Bockting
Rockwell Int'l Corp. v. United States
x-Massachusetts v. EPA
Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy Corp.
x-Gonzales v. Carhart
x-James v. United States
x-Abdul-Kabir v. Quarterman
Brewer v. Quarterman
x-Smith v. Texas
x-Scott v. Harris
x-Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
Schriro v. Landrigan
Long Island Care at Home, Ltd. v. Coke
Bowles v. Russell
x-Brendlin v. California
x-Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Assn. v. Brentwood Academy
x-Morse v. Frederick
x-Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School Dist. No. 1
Federal Election Comm’n v. Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc.
Panetti v. Quarterman
x-Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc.
National Assn. of Home Builders v. Defenders of Wildlife

2301 and 2302 Finals

Thanks to my summer 1 classes for putting up with me. The finals exams were not bad. The average for 2301 was 73.5, and 2302 was an amazing 85! Unless I made it all too easy, you just may have learned something. Finals are as much a reflection on me as they are of you, so I'm a bit relieved.

I encourage you all to stay in touch and continue commenting on this site--as well as others you might have stumbled across.

I'll see some of you next week for summer 2.

Bills selected so far

This is not a complete list, and I will add information to this as necessary, but so far this is the list of bills either passed or considered strongly by the Texas Legislature that students will analyze. Just bill numbers now. Descriptions to follow. I expect to have bills assigned to everyone by the end of the week.

HB 9
HB 12
HB 14
HB 109
HB 916
HB 1034
HB 1287
HB 1355
HB 1386
HB 1466
HB 1751
HB 2685
HJR 19
SB 8
SB 10
SB 11
SB 12
SB 47
SB 101
SB 530
SB 785
SB 792
SB 920

Wrapping up the Texas Leg

My summer classes will be outlining the various bills passed by the Texas Legislature. We will go over a list of bills in class tomorrow. This page links to various wrap up articles on the Texas Legislature in state newspapers but they aren't very useful since they don't give us the bill number.