Spring 2024
Professor(s):
Emily Berman (FACULTY)
Credits: 3
Course Areas: Constitutional Law
Practice Skills - (Research and Writing)
Time: 2:30p-4:00p TTH Location: 3rd floor Conf Room
Course Outline: Everything is bigger in Texas, including the state’s impact on Constitutional Law. Seminal decisions originating in Texas have shaped every area of constitutional doctrine from immigration to voting rights to administrative law. This class will explore the role that the state of Texas and localities within Texas have played in instigating constitutional change in our federal system. Each week, we will engage in and in-depth look at a landmark Supreme Court case that came out of Texas, including inquiries into how the case developed, why the Supreme Court granted certiorari, and the impact of the eventual decision on Texas and the nation.
Each student will select a Supreme Court case that originated in Texas at the beginning of the semester. They will then be responsible for presenting and leading the class discussion on that case, as well as writing a paper related to some aspect of their case.
Course Syllabus: Syllabus
Course Notes: (Face-to-Face) The UH registration system instruction mode for this course is listed in parenthesis. For this instruction mode, instructors and students are expected to normally be physically present in the classroom. If the course has a final examination, it will be in a classroom requiring your physical presence. Other assessment, such as a mid term exam, may also be in a classroom. Whether this instructor will offer “remote presence” (starting a zoom meeting from the podium computer to enable student remote access on an occasional basis) for part or all of the semester is not known, but students should not rely on an expectation that remote presence will be available.
Quota=12
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Paper: YES
Satisfies Senior Upper Level Writing Requirement: Yes
Experiential Course Type: No
Bar Course: No
DistanceEd ABA: No
Pass-Fail Student Election: Unavailable (Instructor Preference)
Course Materials
No book required for this course
Required reading for each week meeting will be posted.
