LEGAL 397N Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Originalism, Antonin Scalia, Brandeis Brief
23 Feb 2017
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Next response paper due tuesday, february 28th: choose a very specific policy (selecting final paper topic: ex. ) Not gun control but consider safety locks as specific as possible (to aid with research: pretend you"re working for an organization and write a paper to the. Boss to argue what should be done (method by which i can achieve in this specific policy) Midterm is coming up 3 short answers and one essay question. The brandeis brief: a pioneering legal brief that was the first in united states legal history to rely more on a compilation of scientific information and social science than on legal citations. Becomes a tool to convince the court not necessarily legally, but in a policy setting: criticisms . Constitutionality is question of law and not fact . Brandeis briefs support legislation, don"t upset it. Use of racial classification for purposes of public education is unreasonables. Desegregation can be accomplished without excessive violence.
