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Using Circuit Court cases to teach con law

Edward Still
Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:24:40 -0800

A friend in another state who is an adjunct and practicing lawyer (as I am)
and I were talking this weekend.  I recommended a particular 9th Cir case as
one that he might use to illustrate the point he is trying to make in class
about the EP clause.  He said, "That's a great idea.  We ought to use more
circuit cases.  Most con law cases are easy to decide; its the hard ones
that get to the Supreme Court.  If you are trying to teach the rules for
deciding con law cases, the circuit decisions often lay this out very well."

I wonder if any others have tried this approach.

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Edward Still
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